Part 35 (2/2)
”What beasts?”
”What beasts? Do I keep turtles? My horses, woman”
”And whither have you sent thee that caentleman as in such a pet because we had no horses”
”Where is he?” inquired the hostess
”At dice with those other gallants froone, you say?” asked Mrs Quinn, pausing in her labours squarely to face her husband
”Aye,” said he
”Stupid!” rejoined his docile spouse, vexed by his laconic assent ”Do you ht take from what I have told you,” he answered sweetly
”And you have lent her horses and helped her to get away, and you leave her husband at play in there?”
”You have seen her e lines, I make no doubt,” he sneered irrelevantly
”You dolt! If the gentleman horsewhips you, you will have richly earned it”
”Eh? What?” gasped he, and his rubicund cheeks lost soh colour, for here was a possibility that had not entered into his calculations But Mistress Quinn stayed not to answer hih from her hands on to her apron as she went A suspicion of her purpose flashed through her husband's mind
”What would you do?” he inquired nervously
”Tell the gentleman what has taken place”
”Nay,” he cried, resolutely barring her way ”Nay That you shall not
Would you--would you ruin rasp she gained the door and was half-way down the passage towards the coht her round the middle
”Are you mad, woman?” he shouted ”Will you undoat his hands But he clutched with the tightness of despair
”You shall not go,” he swore ”Coentleman to make the discovery for himself I dare swear it will not afflict him overmuch He has abandoned her sorely since they came; not a doubt of it but that he is weary of her At least he need not know I lent her horses Let him think she fled a-foot, when he discovers her departure”
”I will go,” she answered stubbornly, dragging hientleman shall be warned Is a woman to run away from her husband in my house, and the husband never be warned of it?”