"What else can any lady do ?" "Simon!" she cried eagerly, and as I thought gladly; for her hand flew out to mine.

"You, here ?" "And at your service always," said I.
"But have you been here?
Where did you come from ?" "Why, from across the hall, behind the chair there," I answered.

"I've been there a long while back.

His Grace told me to wait in the hall, and in the hall I waited, though the Duke, having other things to think of, forgot both his order and his servant." "Then you heard ?" she asked in a whisper.
"All, I think, that the Duke said.

Lord Carford said nothing.