"Listen," she said. "I will tell you the story of my first marriage, and then if you wish you shall ask me again."
Dr. Dick helped himself to another slice of cake and leant back to listen.
[Mrs. Barclay. There you are. Now you can do Chapter Three.
Hall Caine. Excellent. It is quite time that one got some emotion into this story. In "The Woman Thou Gavest Me," of which more than a million——
Mrs. Barclay. Emotion, indeed! My last book is already in its two hundredth edition.
Hall Caine (annoyed). Tut!]
CHAPTER III
MRS. BEAUCHAMP'S STORY
(Mr. Hall Caine takes up the tale)