"I cannot imagine you tilting at wind-mills--" "Or saving maidens in distress?
Well, perhaps not; but you do not suggest that Claridge Pasha tilts at windmills either--or saves maidens in distress.

Though, now I come to think, there was an episode." He laughed maliciously.

"Some time ago it was--a lass of the cross-roads.

I think I heard of such an adventure, which did credit to Claridge Pasha's heart, though it shocked Hamley at the time.

But I wonder, was the maiden really saved ?" Lady Eglington's face became rigid.