"I should think, after what I have said, Mr Newland, that you might drop the subject."
"I will, your ladyship, immediately; but, pardon me, the question—"
"Well, Mr Newland—?"
"Do not be angry with me—"
"Well?" exclaimed her ladyship, who appeared alarmed.
"Nothing but the most important and imperative reasons could induce me to ask the question" (her ladyship gasped for breath, and could not speak), I stammered, but at last I brought it out. "What has become of—of—of the sweet pledge of your love, Lady Maelstrom?"
Her ladyship coloured up with rage, raised up her clenched hand, and then fell back in violent hysterics.
Chapter XXXV
I repair the damage, and make things worse—Plot and counterplot—Tim gains a watch by setting watch upon his tongue.