69/71 Do you mean to say I am drunk ?" "No. But you would not have signed if you had not taken that second goblet. If you had not forced me--I could not get out of it after you set the example--I would have seen him d--d sooner than have had anything to do with his petition." "I don't see what harm can come of it," said Sir Charles, braving out some secret disquietude. "We were just like two flies in a spider's web." Meanwhile, Trefusis was fulfilling his promise to write to Donovan Brown. |