"Throttle!"
"Yes, sir; annihilate her!"
"Her!"
"Yes, the treacherous Sallianna. She has made me wretched forever—lacerated my existence, and I am furious, sir; I do not deny it."
"Furious?"
"Yes, sir; furious, and I have reason to be, sir. I am ferocious, sir;
I am overwhelmed with rage!"
And Jinks ground his teeth.
"What, at a woman?"
"At a perfidious woman."
"Fie, Jinks! is it credible that a man of your sense should pay the sex so high a compliment?"