"General!" cried Lady Gorgon, but could say no more. Scully wasbefore her.
"Madam!" exclaimed the Liberal Member for 0ldborough, "in a momentlike this--I say--that is--that on the present occasion--yourLadyship--unaccustomed as I am--pooh, psha--WILL your Ladyship giveme the distinguished honour and pleasure of going down thecountry-dance with your Ladyship?"