He knows too much of the law to run his head into the lion's jaws.

Besides, it is too absurdly romantic for so practical a man.

No, it is not Sardonyx." "Yourself, then ?" The doctor laughed.
"Nonsense, Blanche! Mollie is out of her reckoning about us three.

By the bye, I see now through those queer advertisements that have appeared in the 'Herald' of late.

Black Mask--White Mask." "Yes; Mollie wants to find out whom she has espoused.