She reveres you, even if----" "If what ?" "She revolts from your power over her.

She is high-spirited, you know," says Hardinge.

"That is one of her charms, in my opinion.
What I want you to do, Curzon, is to--to see her at once--not to-day, she is going to an afternoon at Lady Swanley's--but to-morrow, and to--you know,"-- nervously--"to make a formal proposal to her." The professor throws back his head and laughs aloud.

Such a strange laugh.
"I am to propose to her--I ?" says he.
"For me, of course.

It is very usual," says Hardinge.