"
"It matters not, Norris," replied Lady Trafford: "I would rather die on the road,
than be exposed to another such scene as I have just encountered. ’
She put in her request for this requirement immediately on returning to the
little parlour downstairs, and instantly fell foul of Captain Roding again. As he proceeded, other painful reminiscences were aroused. He could not contain his satisfaction, but chuckled, and rubbed his
hands with delight. ’
‘Melusine!’ came sharply from the doorway. "But to the point," continued Wild, unconscious of the peril in which the remark
had placed him,—"to the point. “Now isn’t this nice!” that lady exclaimed. But his lips were honourlocked. Wood had the
advantage of her husband in point of years, being on the sunny side of forty,—a
period pronounced by competent judges to be the most fascinating, and, at the
same time, most critical epoch of woman's existence,—whereas, he was on the
shady side of fifty,—a term of life not generally conceived to have any special
recommendation in female eyes. This obstacle being removed, in
his eagerness to proceed, he had forgotten to take his little charge with him.
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