And, therefore, I tell you
now that you will be behaving very badly indeed, unless you make some
arrangement at once as to what you mean to do."
"That's your opinion," said Gerard Maule.
"Yes, it is; and you'll find it to be the opinion of any man or woman
that you may ask who knows anything about such things. And I'll tell
you what, Master Maule, if you think you're going to face me down
you'll find yourself mistaken. Stop a moment, and just listen to me.
You haven't a much better friend than I am, and I'm sure she hasn't a
better friend than my wife. All this has taken place under our roof,
and I mean to speak my mind plainly. What do you propose to do about
your marriage?"
"I don't propose to tell you what I mean to do."
"Will you tell Miss Palliser,--or my wife?"
"That is just as I may think fit."
"Then I must tell you that you cannot meet her at my house."
"I'll leave it to-day."
"You needn't do that either. You sleep on it, and then make up your
mind. You can't suppose that I have any curiosity about it.
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