He contrived to break off his sister's match; and this he accomplished so cleverly, that he maintained the strictest friendship with Sir Cecil. Without preamble, in a voice of extreme exasperation, he demanded, ‘Now what the devil’s to do? What in God’s name do you mean by sending Gerald such a ridiculous letter? Never read anything half as crazy. I’m taking no chances. Was the young lady impatient for experience? Was she adventurous? As a man of the world he did not think it becoming to accept maidenly calm as anything more than a mask. There was a brief pause, a crowded pause, between them. She possessed what he affected to despise, but secretly worshipped—the innate charm of breeding. Plote was sleeping or deaf. To-night there seemed to be a new brilliancy in her eyes, a deeper quality in her tone. On the cords being removed, he made a desperate spring at Wild, bore him to the ground, clutched at his throat, and would, infallibly, have strangled him, if the keepers had not all thrown themselves upon him, and by main force torn him off. She must get to the vestry. But women—women as a rule don’t throw themselves into things like that.
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