“Yes, if you will have it so.”
“Then what are you wasting your time for here? Let the signature wait till to-morrow—let it wait till you come back.”
Sir Percival looked up with a frown and an oath.
“You are taking a tone with me that I don’t like,” he said. “A tone I won’t bear from any man.”
“I am advising you for your good,” returned the Count, with a smile of quiet contempt. “Give yourself time—give Lady
“Yes, if you will have it so.”
“Then what are you wasting your time for here? Let the signature wait till to-morrow—let it wait till you come back.”
Sir Percival looked up with a frown and an oath.
“You are taking a tone with me that I don’t like,” he said. “A tone I won’t bear from any man.”
“I am advising you for your good,” returned the Count, with a smile of quiet contempt. “Give yourself time—give Lady
