“You have come to hinder my business.”
His voice was thin and metallic, as rigid as steel.
“We have come to hinder a great sin against God,” said Sir James.
Ralph opened his eyes wide with a sort of fury, and thrust his chin out.
“She should pack a thousand times more now than before,” he said.
The father’s face too deepened into strength now, and he drew himself up.
“Do you know what you are doing?” he said.
“I do, sir.”
There was an extraordinary insolence in his voice, and Mary took a step forward.
“Oh! Ralph,” she said, “at least do it like a gentleman!”