“Mydearwidow，youarecharming！”criedColonelKilligrew，whose
eyeshadbeenfixeduponherface，whiletheshadowsofagewere
flittingfromitlikedarknessfromthecrimsondaybreak。
Thefairwidowknew，ofold，thatColonelKilligrew’scompliments
werenotalwaysmeasuredbysobertruth；soshestartedupandran