"He has insulted you!"
"I forgive him!" cried Miss Sallianna.
"I will have revenge!"
And Mr. Jinks brandished his sword, and kept at a distance from Verty, making a feint of struggling.
"Jinks," said Ralph, "you are tiring me out. I shall let you go in another second, if you don't put up that sword, and stop wrestling with me!"
This threat seemed to moderate Mr. Jinks' rage, and he replied:
"This momentary anger is over, sir—I forgive, that young man—Sallianna! beautiful Sallianna! for thy sake!"
But overcome with nerves, and the revulsion produced by this change in affairs, the beautiful Sallianna's head drooped upon one shoulder, her eyes were closed, and her arms were extended towards Mr. Jinks.
Before that gentleman was aware of the fact, Miss Sallianna had been overcome by nerves, and reclined in a faint state upon his bosom.
We need not detail the remaining particulars of the scene whose outline we have traced.