"Well, upon my word——"
"There! You've said it! Oh, Oh, Oh!" She suddenly covered her face with her table napkin and burst into loud sobs.
Colonel Ogden was speechless. Then he turned a little pale, his heart thumped.
"Mary, for heaven's sake!"
"I can't help it, James! I can't, I can't!"
"But, Mary, my dear!"
"Don't touch me, leave me alone!"
"Oh, all right; but I say, Mary, don't do this!"
"I wish I were dead!"
"Mary!"