It might be thought that Milady, timid as women are in general, would have interposed in this commencement of mutual provocations in order to prevent the quarrel from going too far; but on the contrary, she threw herself back in her carriage, and called out coolly to the coachman, "Go on--home!"
On eût pu croire que Milady, craintive comme l'est ordinairement une femme, allait s'interposer dans ce commencement de provocation, afin d'empêcher que la querelle n'allât plus loin; mais, tout au contraire, elle se rejeta au fond de son carrosse, et cria froidement au cocher: «Touche à l'hôtel!»