He has been trespassing down on my grounds at Steignton, and I think of taking the prosecution of him into my own hands.

Is he in town ?' 'I 've just left his lame devil Cumnock, my lord,' said May, after a slight grimace.

'They generally run in tandem.' 'Will you let me know ?' 'At once, when I hear.' 'You will call on me?
Before noon ?' 'Any service required ?' 'My respects to your wife.' 'Your lordship is very good.' Captain May bloomed at a civility paid to his wife.

He was a smallish, springy, firm-faced man, devotee of the lady bearing his name and wielding him.

In the days when duelling flourished on our land, frail women could be powerful.
The earl turned from him to greet Lord Adderwood and a superior officer of his Profession, on whom he dropped a frigid nod.