"Only asleep," he said.

Mrs.Vimpany looked at him once more.

This time, it was Queen Katharine looking at Cardinal Wolsey.

She bowed with lofty courtesy, and opened the door.

"I have occasion," she said, "to go out"-- --and made an exit.
Five minutes later, Mountjoy (standing at the window, impatiently on the watch for the return of Iris) saw Mrs.Vimpany in the street.