I stopped to speak with him; but he seemed disinclined to talk, and I left the room.

He soon went to the upper court, and I presently followed him.
Dorothy changed her garments, and she, Lady Crawford, and Madge also came to the upper court.

The braziers in the courtyard had been lighted and cast a glare over two score half-clothed men and women who had been aroused from their beds by the commotion of the conflict on the hillside.
Upon the upper steps of the courtyard stood Sir George and Jennie Faxton.
"Who was the man you were with ?" roughly demanded Sir George of the trembling Jennie.

Jennie's trembling was assumed for the occasion.
"I will not tell you his name," she replied with tears.

"He is my sweetheart, and I will never come to the Hall again.