Chapter
16
As she met the Captain's light blue eyes the greatest marvel occurred; she felt a sudden relief at finding them reply with anxiety to the horror in her face. "What in the world has he done?" He put it all on Sir Claude.
"He has called her a damned old brute." She couldn't help bringing that out.
The Captain, at the same elevation as her ladyship, gaped wide; then of course, like every one else, he was convulsed. But he instantly caught himself up, echoing her bad words. "A damned old brute—your mother?"
Maisie was already conscious of her second movement. "I think she tried to make him angry."
The Captain's stupefaction was fine. "Angry—SHE? Why she's an angel!"
On the spot, as he said this, his face won her over; it was so bright and kind, and his blue eyes had such a re
