It sounds rather dreadful, Mr.Curtis, to talk of marriage, even as a mere means of cheating the law, at a moment when a man is already lying dead for my sake.

Please don't consider me, but draw back, if you want to, before it is too late." "My grandfather commanded the Fifth Cavalry during the Civil War, Lady Hermione." "Pray, how does that interesting fact affect us ?" "It is well-known that the Fifth never retreat, and the habit has become a family tradition." He pocketed the license, and picked up the overcoat, meaning to put it on in the hall while her ladyship was rearranging her hat.

But Marcelle was waiting there, hatted, and gloved.
"Have you fixed things ?" she whispered breathlessly.
"We have," said Curtis.
"Goodness me! But I guessed it.

Nobody can resist her, can they ?" "I didn't try," said Curtis, wriggling into the coat sideways.
"Poor _dear_.

She has had a time.