“I am unfortunate enough not to have it here,” replied she, with a confusion which made the blood mount to her temples.
“I am grieved, madam, it should not enjoy the honor of your preference,” said Lord Kilgoff, with an air of pique. “Will you order your maid to fetch it?”
“I 've not got it, my Lord,” said she, coloring still deeper.
“Not got it, madam! You do not mean to imply—”
“Only that it is slightly broken,—a few stones have fallen out, and I have sent it to be repaired.”
“To be repaired, madam; and without my knowledge I To whom, pray?”
“That man in Dublin; I forget his name.”
“Your Ladyship means Leonard, I presume,” interposed Linton, with an air of courtesy, while, plainer than any words, his glance said, “My revenge is coming!”
“Leonard!” exclaimed Lord Kilgoff, with a look of horror. “Give Leonard that bracelet! the mould of which I refused to the Princess of Hohenhoffingen, and which I made Storr destroy in my own presence!”
“You perceive, my Lord,” cried Lady Janet, “her Ladyship is less exclusive than you are.”