Episode #0844

[It's up to the first poster to come up with a set up, and then each following post will either complete it or fill in the blank(s). And, as always, whoever posts the set up is certainly allowed to post their own completion/fill in as a follow up.]

Set-up:
Lady Hampshire feared that when she looked like she'd swallowed a canary, people would suspect her of something far worse that she'd just done: ________ the _________!