'For that sneak there, if he comes in my way, I'll break every bone in his body.

Good-day, my lady.
When I see you again I will have Miss with me.' 'Like enough; but not Madam,' she retorted.

'You are not such a fool as that comes to.

And there is the Act besides!' That was her parting shot; for all the feeling she had shown, from the opening to the close of the interview, she might have been his worst enemy.

Yet after a fashion, and as a part of herself, she did love him; which was proved by her first words after the door had closed upon him.
'Lord!' she said uneasily.