To such a threat as this, no answer could be made, and Sir Felix left the room. At any rate, John Crumb was not there at present. And were there not policemen in London? And what additional harm would be done to John Crumb, or what increase of anger engendered in that true lover's breast, by one additional evening's amusement? Ruby had danced with him so often at the Music Hall that John Crumb could hardly be made more bellicose by the fact of her dining with him on this evening. When he descended, he found Ruby in the hall, all arrayed. "You don't come in here again to-night," said Mrs. Pipkin, thumping the little table which stood in the passage, "if you goes out of that there door with that there young man."
"Then I shall," said Ruby linking herself on to her lover's arm.

Without answering, Sir Felix left the room. At any rate, John Crumb was not there at present. When he descended, he found Ruby in the hall, all arrayed.
"You don't come in here again tonight," said Mrs. Pipkin, "if you goes out of that there door with that there young man."
"Then I shall," said Ruby, linking herself on to her lover's arm.
