There is yet no message from Sir John ?" "None, my lady," the man answered.
He went away with a relieved countenance, as she made no comment.

He knew that his fellows as well as himself would be pleased enough to be released from duty for the night.

They were a pampered lot, and had no fancy for late hours when there were no great entertainments being held which pleased them and gave them chances to receive vails.
Mistress Anne sat in a large chair, huddled into a small heap, and looking colourless and shrunken.

As she heard bolts being shot and bars put up for the closing of the house, she knew that her own dismissal was at hand.

Doors were shut below stairs, and when all was done the silence of night reigned as it does in all households when those who work have gone to rest.