"At any rate," he resumed, with undiminished good temper, "we are all three equally interested in setting this matter at rest.

I put it to you, Lady Janet, if we are not favored, at this lucky moment, with the very opportunity that we want?
Miss Roseberry is not only out of the room, but out of the house.

If we let this chance slip, who can say what awkward accident may not happen in the course of the next few days ?" "Let the woman come in," cried Lady Janet, deciding headlong, with her customary impatience of all delay.

"At once, Julian--before Grace can come back.

Will you ring the bell this time ?" This time Julian rang it.