"Where are the others?"
"I believe she left them somewhere in the grounds."
After a moment's silence, in which Sir Hugo looked at a letter without reading it, he said "I hope you are not playing with fire, Dan--you understand me?"
"I believe I do, sir," said Deronda, after a slight hesitation, which had some repressed anger in it. "But there is nothing answering to your metaphor--no fire, and therefore no chance of scorching."
Sir Hugo looked searchingly at him, and then said, "So much the better. For, between ourselves, I fancy there may be some hidden gunpowder in that establishment."
"Where are the others?"
"I believe she left them somewhere in the grounds."
After a moment's silence, Sir Hugo said, "I hope you are not playing with fire, Dan - you understand me?"
"I believe I do, sir," said Deronda, with some repressed anger. "But there is no fire, and therefore no chance of scorching."
Sir Hugo looked searchingly at him, and then said, "So much the better. For, between ourselves, I fancy there may be some hidden gunpowder in that marriage."