"No, by Jove," said Sir Felix, "you may say that, Lady Pomona. It's like a prison to me with that moat round it." Then he jumped up and joined Marie Melmotte and Georgiana. Georgiana, glad to be released for a time from performance of the treaty, was not long before she left them together. She had understood that the two horses now in the running were Lord Nidderdale and Sir Felix; and though she would not probably have done much to aid Sir Felix, she was quite willing to destroy Lord Nidderdale.

"No, by Jove," said Sir Felix. "It's like a prison with that moat round it." Then he jumped up and joined Marie Melmotte and Georgiana. Georgiana, glad to be released from her duty, soon left them together.
