22/24 "Which of those two blades think you is most like to hold after two hundred years the poison of the Cenci ?" But Blakeney neither started nor winced. He broke into a laugh, his own usual pleasant laugh, half shy and somewhat inane, then said in tones of lively astonishment: "Zounds! sir, but you are full of surprises.... Faith! I never would have thought of that....Marvellous, I call it... demmed marvellous.... Your Royal Highness, what think you ?... |