There was another pause.

Lady Montbarry quietly looked back again at the screen, and put another question.

'Do you want money ?' 'Money!' That one word roused the sinking spirit of the courier's wife.

She recovered her courage; she found her voice.

'Look at me, my lady, if you please,' she said, with a sudden outbreak of audacity.
Lady Montbarry looked round for the third time.