"Your ideas want correcting, sir, sadly! — and your tongue."
"I will never offend again!" said Mr. Archibald bowing, and smiling a little.
"You never shall, with my good leave."
Mr. Archibald bowed again.
"Good morning! You will forgive me; and when I think time enough has elapsed, and I may with safety, I will come again."
"To visit my father, sir! —"
Not Queen Elizabeth, with ruff and farthingale, could have said it with more consciousness of her own dignity, or more superb dismission of that of another. But probably Queen Elizabeth would not have cast upon her courtiers the look, half asking for sympathy and half for approval, with which Elizabeth Haye turned to her companions. Her eye fell first upon Winthrop. But his did not meet her, and the expression of his face was very grave. Elizabeth's look went from it to Rufus. His was beaming.
"Capital!" he said. "That was admirable!"
"No," said Elizabeth after a slight hesitation, — "it was not."
"I thought it was," said Rufus, — "admirably done. Why was it not, Miss Haye? — if I am not as impertinent as another? — I thought he richly deserved his punishment."