right and wrong

"Dear me, you're charming, you are!" said Zoe.

But Satin sat up, looked savagely at the count and once more hurled

"That's right; it'll teach him!"

And she lay down again and blew forth a thin jet of smoke, as though

she had no interest in present events and were resolved not to

meddle in any of them. No, it was all too silly!

Zoe, however, introduced Muffat into the bedroom, where a scent of

ether lingered amid warm, heavy silence, scarce broken by the dull