"He'll find himself laid by the heels before long.

Well, I have settled your affair with my Lord Carford." But my affair with Carford was not what I wanted to hear about.

I came to him as he sat down at the table, and, laying my hand on his shoulder, asked simply, "Is it true ?" He looked up at me with great kindness, and answered gently, "It is true.

I guessed it as soon as you spoke of Cydaria.

For Cydaria was the part in which she first gained the favour of the town, and that, taken with your description of her, gave me no room for doubt.