If there were something of the sort in her eyes it could only have one source--anxiety about the health of the boy Mirko.

He himself had not heard anything.

Then his lightning calculations decided him to tell Lady Ethelrida nothing of this.

Zara's anxiety would mean the child's illness, and illness, Doctor Morley had warned him, could have only one end.

He wished the poor little fellow no harm, but, on the other hand, he had no sentiment about him.