I imposed silence on the girls by a look--and then, without stirring from my chair, expressed my sense of the insolence of Mr. Sax in clear and commanding tones. "I shall be obliged to close the window if this is repeated." Having spoken to that effect, I waited in expectation of an apology. Silence was the only apology. It was enough for me that I had produced the right impression. I went on with my recitation.
"Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest (For Brutus is an honorable man;So are they all, all honorable men), Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me--"
"Oh, good heavens, I can't stand _that!_ Why don't you speak the last line properly? Listen to me."Dignity is a valuable quality, especially in a governess. But there are limits to the most highly trained endurance. I bounced out into the balcony--and there, on the terrace, smoking a cigar, was my lost stranger in the streets of Sandwich!