Presently she heard them coming, and when she saw that the young lord was not with them, she went to the lawyer, who pulled up his horse and waited for her, the rest of the party riding on, and asked where his master was, saying that she wished to talk with him.
And here I must say, if I have not said it before, that Suzanne could speak English, though not well.

The Hollander tutor had instructed her in that tongue, in which Ralph also would converse with her at times when he did not wish others to understand what they were saying, for he never forgot his mother language, though he mixed many Dutch words with it.
"He has ridden forward an hour or more ago.

Can I take any message to him for you ?" said the lawyer.

"Or if you wish to talk of business, to speak to me is to speak to him." "That may be so," answered Suzanne, "still I like to draw my water at the fountain itself.

Yet, as he has gone, I beg you to listen to me, for when you have heard what I have to say I think that you will bring him back.