15/26 I have thought as much for some time." "Hopelessly in love with him, and perfectly willing to be his wife, if he proves to be her husband. Should it chance to be you, she will administer a dose of strychnine the first available opportunity." "She said that, did she ?" "That, and much more. She hates, detests, and abhors you, and loves the handsome artist with all her heart." "The little jade! And how about her elderly admirer ?" "Sir Roger? 'Men have died, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.' He will stand the blow. 'All for love, and the world well lost,' is to be her motto for the future. |