The four gentlemen walked last.

In the hall beyond, Mendoza was in waiting with the guards.
A little while after they were all gone, Adonis came back from his errand, with his rolling step, and searched for the other glove on the floor, where the King had dropped it.

He found it there at once and hid it in his doubtlet.

No one was in the room, for the servants had disappeared as soon as they could.

The dwarf went quickly to Don John's place, took a Venetian goblet full of untasted wine that stood there and drank it at a draught.