Perhaps he thought she had lost the pin.
"Where is it ?" he asked eagerly.
"Gone to London to be valued.

Beg Mr.Mountjoy's pardon, or I will put the money in the bank--and not one shilling of it do you get." In the meanwhile, Iris had justified Mrs.Vimpany's apprehensions.

Her indignation noticed nothing but the insult offered to Hugh.

She was too seriously agitated to be able to speak to him.

Still admirably calm, his one anxiety was to compose her.
"Don't be afraid," he said; "it is impossible that I can degrade myself by quarrelling with Mr.Vimpany.I only wait here to know what you propose to do.