“You don’t say so? You are laughing at me. Now, Lucy Snowe⁠—”

“I assure you it is fact⁠—and fact, also, that Dr. Bretton would not stay in the carriage; he broke from us, and would ride outside.”

“And afterwards?”

“Afterwards⁠—when he did reach home⁠—the scene transcends description.”

“Oh, but describe it⁠—you know it is such fun!”

“Fun for you , Miss Fanshawe? but” (with stern gravity) “you know the proverb⁠—‘What is sport to one may be death to another.’ ”