But as time went on, and she did not return, he remembered that he could not just then meet Mrs.Costello, and he got up and began to walk about the room uneasily.

Still, time went on, and there was no sign of Lucia.

He wished to knock at her door, but dared not.

He must go then without one good-bye! "That is my own fault at any rate," he said, and went away softly, without even seeing Claudine.
But, as it happened, Mrs.Costello was long coming back.

Lady Dighton had confided to her Maurice's wish to see Lucia alone, and the two ladies, very happy and confidential over their schemes, both supposing that nothing but good could come of a long talk between the young people--prolonged their absence till more than two hours after Maurice had returned to the hotel.