Book 3

, chap. ix.]

[Illustration: "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING, MORTIMER," REMARKED EUGENE ALOUD WITH THE UTMOST COOLNESS, AS THOUGH THERE WERE NO ONE WITHIN HEARING BUT THEMSELVES, "AND YOU SEE, AS I WAS SAYING--UNDERGOING GRINDING TORMENTS"-- Book 3 , chap. x.]

[Illustration: SHE SHOOK THAT EMPHATIC LITTLE FOREFINGER OF HERS IN HIS FACE, AT PARTING, AS EARNESTLY AND REPROACHFULLY AS SHE HAD EVER SHAKEN IT AT HER GRIM OLD CHILD AT HOME--