They were bound to tell me
as, up to this week past, every man in the police thought that I had been
the master-mind among the thieves. When I think of it I hardly know
whether to laugh or cry."
"And she had them all the time?" exclaimed Mrs. Carbuncle.
"Yes; in this house! Did you ever hear of such a little cat? I could tell
you more than that. She wanted me to take them and dispose of them."
"No!"
"She did, though; and now see the way she treats me! Never mind. Don't say
a word to her about it till it comes out of itself. She'll have to be
arrested, no doubt."
"Arrested!" Mrs. Carbuncle's further exclamations were stopped by
Lucinda's struggles in the other room. She had declined to sit upon the
bridegroom's lap, but had acknowledged that she was bound to submit to be
kissed. He had kissed her, and then had striven to drag her onto his knee.
But she was strong, and had resisted violently, and, as he afterwards
said, had struck him savagely.
"Of course I struck him," said Lucinda.
"By ----, you shall pay for it," said Sir Griffin. This took place in the
presence of Lord George and Mrs. Carbuncle, and yet they were to be
married to-morrow.
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