“I shall not be likely to tell him of it.”
“I think we have obtained some new ideas concerning the Yankees, to-day,” added Maud, spitefully. “I had supposed their making war on women and children was merely a poetic figure; but it appears to be literally true.”
“Pray, am I to regard you as a woman or a child, Miss Hasbrouk?” asked Somers; “or as both?”
“I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you hanged!” exclaimed she, with compressed lips.
“That’s the sentiment of a woman, rather than a child,” laughed Somers.
“How long before we shall be rid of your presence, Captain Somers?”
“How long will it take your servants to bring up the horse and chaise in which I saw you arrive?”
“Not ten minutes; if that will facilitate your departure, the chaise shall be brought up instantly,” replied she, directing the waiter present to give the stable boys the necessary orders.
“Thank you, Miss Hasbrouk. May I trouble you also to get ready to accompany me?”
“Accompany you, sir!”