"Have I forgotten! As if I ever could forget!"
"Then mind it! Come here! Where are you off to? Did you hear me tell you to come here?"
"I repeat, I'm going to find a gamekeeper. I heard you tell me; but I pay no more attention to what you tell me than the trunk of that tree."
"By----! we'll see about that!"
Descending from the fence, he moved towards her. She stopped, turned and faced him.
"What do you think you're going to do?"
"I'm going to see you mind me--that's what I'm going to do."
"Does that mean that you're going to assault me, as you used to?"
He laughed.
"Assault you! Not much! Look here. What's the good of your carrying on like this? Why can't you behave like a reasonable girl, and talk sensibly?" She looked him steadily in the face; then turned on her heel. "You'd better stand still! I'm your husband; you're my wife. It's my duty to see that you obey me, and I'm going to do my duty. So just you mark my words!"