"It is not the first time," said he, "that even a man already married has become dangerous to a woman's heart, and often the very impossibility of possession adds fuel to the flames of love.

Woman's heart is ever so full of selfishness and contradiction." Lady Jane cast down her eyes, and made no reply.

She felt that the piercing and penetrating look of her father was resting on her face.

She knew that, just then, he was reading her soul, although she did not look at him.
"Then you no longer refuse ?" asked he, at length.

"You will inspire the young queen with love for the Earl of Surrey ?" "I will endeavor to do it, my father." "If you try, with a real and energetic determination to succeed, you will prevail.