buttheireyeswerealight，andyoucouldseethattheyhadalreadyconvictedandsentencedtheSeniorSubalternTheColonelseemedfiveyearsolderOneMajorwasshadinghiseyeswithhishandandwatchingthewomanfromunderneathitAnotherwaschewinghismoustacheandsmilingquietlyasifhewerewitnessingaplay。
Fullintheopenspaceinthecentre，bythewhist-tables，theSeniorSubaltern’sterrierwashuntingforfleasIrememberallthisasclearlyasthoughaphotographwereinmyhandIrememberthelookofhorrorontheSeniorSubaltern’sfaceItwasratherlikeseeingamanhanged；butmuchmoreinterestingFinally，thewomanwoundupbysayingthattheSeniorSubalterncarriedadoubleFMintattooonhisleftshoulderWeallknewthat，andtoourinnocentmindsitseemedtoclinchthematterButoneoftheBachelorMajorssaidverypolitely：——“Ipresumethatyourmarriagecertificatewouldbemoretothepurpose？”
ThatrousedthewomanShestoodupandsneeredattheSeniorSubalternforacur，andabusedtheMajorandtheColonelandalltherestThenshewept，andthenshepulledapaperfromherbreast，sayingimperially：——“Takethat！Andletmyhusband——mylawfullyweddedhusband——readitaloud——ifhedare！”
Therewasahush，andthemenlookedintoeachother’seyesastheSeniorSubalterncameforwardinadazedanddizzyway，andtookthepaperWewerewonderingaswestared，whethertherewasanythingagainstanyoneofusthatmightturnuplateronTheSeniorSubaltern’sthroatwasdry；but，asheranhiseyeoverthepaper，hebrokeoutintoahoarsecackleofrelief，andsaidtothewoman：——
“Youyoungblackguard！”