Bent upon teaching him a lesson he would never forget, she spoke out abruptly, and with evident signs of contempt in her voice and manner: "Mr.Ratcliffe, I am not to be bought.

No rank, no dignity, no consideration, no conceivable expedient would induce me to change my mind.

Let us have no more of this!" Ratcliffe had already been more than once, during this conversation, on the verge of losing his temper.

Naturally dictatorial and violent, only long training and severe experience had taught him self-control, and when he gave way to passion his bursts of fury were still tremendous.
Mrs.Lee's evident personal disgust, even more than her last sharp rebuke, passed the bounds of his patience.

As he stood before her, even she, high-spirited as she was, and not in a calm frame of mind, felt a momentary shock at seeing how his face flushed, his eyes gleamed, and his hands trembled with rage.
"Ah!" exclaimed he, turning upon her with a harshness, almost a savageness, of manner that startled her still more; "I might have known what to expect! Mrs.Clinton warned me early.