I will lay you this wager, father, if I do not within one hour see the man--the man whom I love--I will marry Lord Stanley.

If I see him within that time you shall permit me to marry him.

I have seen him two score times since the day you surprised me at the gate." That was a dangerous admission for the girl to make, and she soon regretted it with all her heart.

Truly she was right.

An angry brain is full of blunders.
Of course Dorothy's words, which were so full of meaning to Madge and me, meant little to Sir George.