But just to show you--see! He stood thus, his hat off, his eye laughing, I pledge you, as though for some good jest he had.

And 'twas 'your pardon, ladies!' he said, as though he were indeed nobleman himself.

See! 'Twas thus." What pantomime might have followed did not appear, for at that moment the butler appeared at the door with an admonitory cough.

"If you please, your Ladyship," said he, "there are two persons waiting.
They--that is to say, he--one of them, asks for admission to your Ladyship." "What name does he offer, James ?" "Mr.John Law of Lauriston, your Ladyship, is the name he sends.

He says, if your Ladyship please, that he has brought with him something which your Ladyship left behind, if your Ladyship please." Lady Catharine and Mary Connynge had both arisen and drawn together, and they now turned each a swift half glance upon the other.
"Are these gentlemen waiting without the street door ?" asked Lady Catharine.
"No, your Ladyship.