westminster-noose

Updated: June 8, 2025

But for Anne Ashton, Val would have had his head in that Westminster-noose a score of times; and the wonder is that he has kept out of it. No, thank you, my ladies; I am not a marrying man." "Why do you tell me this?" asked Lady Maude, a sick faintness stealing over her face and heart. "You are one of ourselves, and I tell you anything.

Mrs. Henry Wood - Elster's Folly : A Novel