Are you afraid ?" "Not I," answered Betty.

"But tell me, how will the thing be done ?" "The marquis meets us in the ante-room to that hall which is used as a chapel, and there on behalf of the household I, as the first of the women, give you both the cups of wine.

Be sure that you drink of that which I hold in my left hand, passing the cup up beneath your veil so as not to show your face, and speak no word, lest he should recognise your voice.

Then we shall go into the chapel, where the priest Henriques waits, also all the household.

But that hall is great, and the lamps are feeble, so none will know you there.