With that finely illogical conclusion she swept out of the room, leaving Honor serenely unimpressed by her own share in the impending tragedy, yet not a little troubled at thought of the man who, for the rest of his natural life, lay at the mercy of such bewildering methods of reasoning.
[8] Veil.
[9] String-bed.
[10] England.
[11] Regiment.
CHAPTER V.
AN EXPURGATED EDITION.
"A little lurking secret of the blood;
A little serpent secret, rankling keen."
The Kresneys looked in vain for the coveted invitation, and the trifling circumstance loomed largely on their narrow horizon.