When you have done with Miss Henley, just call me in.

And, by the way, don't be alarmed in case of a little noise--say a heavy man tumbling downstairs.

If the blackguard it's your misfortune to be married to happens to show himself, I shall be under the necessity of kicking him.

That's all." Mrs.Vimpany closed the door.

She spoke to Iris respectfully, as she might have addressed a stranger occupying a higher rank in life than herself.
"There is an end, madam, to one short acquaintance; and, as we both know, an end to it for ever.