'Pray leave my son's name apart,' she answered, tossing her head contemptuously.

'After what has happened, sir, I prefer not to discuss him with you.' Sir George raised his eyebrows, and bowed as profoundly as before.

'That is entirely as your ladyship pleases,' he said.

Nevertheless he was not accustomed to be snubbed, and he set a trifle to her account.
'But for that creature,' she continued, trembling with passion, 'I will not sleep under the same roof with her.' Sir George simpered.

'I am sorry for that,' he said.