cried Lady Lake, angrily
'You will make me chide you, daughter, if you exhibit this weakness,'
cried Lady Lake, angrily. 'Let me deal with him. In spite of your
affected confidence, my lord, you cannot be blind to the position in
which you stand. And though you yourself personally may be careless of
the consequences of a refusal of our demands, you cannot, I conceive, be
equally indifferent to the fate of the Countess of Exeter, which that
refusal will decide.'
