That last rash sentence opened a way for him by which to escape me if he chose, and he instantly took advantage of it.
“Pardon me, Miss Halcombe,” he said, still keeping his hand over his face, “pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right.”
The few plain words which would have brought him back to the point from which he had wandered were just on my lips, when Laura checked me by speaking again.
That last rash sentence opened a way for him by which to escape me if he chose, and he instantly took advantage of it.
“Pardon me, Miss Halcombe,” he said, still keeping his hand over his face, “pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right.”
The few plain words which would have brought him back to the point from which he had wandered were just on my lips, when Laura checked me by speaking again.
