'It is my husband.

He must not see thee in this mood.

Get away till to-morrow, Roger, as you care for me.' She pushed her brother through a door leading to the back stairs, and almost as soon as it was closed her visitor entered.

Roger, however, did not retreat down the stairs; he stood and looked through the bobbin-hole.
If the visitor turned out to be Sir John, he had determined to confront him.
It was the knight.

She had struck a light on his entry, and he kissed the child, and took Edith tenderly by the shoulders, looking into her face.
'Something's gone awry wi' my dear!' he said.