One more word.

What in the devil's name is she doing in there ?' He had a short way.

John began to stammer.
'A second father--a tender guardian--' 'Pish!' said Count Richard, and turned to leave the pavilion.

Prince John slipped through the curtains, and at that moment Richard heard a little fretful cry within, not the cry of mortal lady.

'What under heaven have they got in there, this family ?' he asked himself.
Shrugging, he went out into the fresh air.
The abbot notes that his lord and master came running into his quarters, 'and tumbled upon me, like a lover who finds his mistress after many days.