"You see, I have placed myself beyond the law.

I have, as you have been good enough to intimate, abducted--to put it brutally--two ladies from the deck of an Atlantic liner.

Further, in doing so I have selfishly spoiled the prospects of one of the ladies.

But, seriously, I really must go to Washington first----" "I think, Lord Redgrave," interrupted Mrs.Van Stuyler, ignoring the last unfinished sentence and assuming her best Knickerbocker dignity, "if you will forgive me saying so, that that is scarcely a subject for discussion here." "And if that's so," interrupted Miss Zaidie, "the less we say about it the better.

What I wanted to say was this.