9/9 There was nothing too bad for such a creature as this. She was wholly undeserving of sympathy. "Show me a way of getting even with her, sir, and I'll go through hell to do it!" "That's the kind of stuff I like to hear," said Lyne, and poured out from the long bottle which stood on the coffee-tray a stiff tot of Sam's favourite brandy. "Now, I'll give you my idea." For the rest of the morning the two men sat almost head to head, plotting woe for the girl, whose chief offence had been against the dignity of Thornton Lyne, and whose virtue had incited the hate of that vicious man.. |