'The truth is--the girl proved so good a nurse in the case of my noble friend who was injured the other day--my lord Viscount Dunborough's son, a most valuable life--that since she absented herself, he has not made the same progress.

And as I am responsible for him--' 'She should never have attended him!' the attorney answered with unexpected sharpness.
'Indeed! And why not, may I ask ?' the tutor inquired.
Mr.Fishwick did not answer the question.

Instead, 'She would not have gone to him in the first instance,' he said, 'but that she was under a misapprehension.' 'A misapprehension ?' 'She thought that the duel lay at her door,' the attorney answered; 'and in that belief was impelled to do what she could to undo the consequences.

Romantic, but a most improper step!' 'Improper!' said the tutor, much ruffled.

'And why, sir ?' 'Most improper,' the attorney repeated in a dry, business-like tone.