"Sit down," he said to Grey, and Grey, so lately called to the respect he owed His Grace, obeyed him.

"You will both promise me that this affair shall go no further.

I know you will do it if I ask you, particularly when you remember how few are the followers upon whom I may depend.

I am not in case to lose either of you through foolish words uttered in a heat which, in both your hearts, is born, I know, of your loyalty to me." Grey's coarse, elderly face took on a sulky look, his heavy lips were pouted, his glance sullen.

Mr.Wilding, on the contrary, smiled across the table.
"For my part I very gladly give Your Grace the undertaking," said he, and took care not to observe the sneer that altered the line of Lord Grey's lips.