You seem ailing, Lady Blakeney." "I am only very tired," she repeated wearily, as she allowed Lord Fancourt to lead her, where subdued lights and green plants lent coolness to the air.

He got her a chair, into which she sank.

This long interval of waiting was intolerable.

Why did not Chauvelin come and tell her the result of his watch?
Lord Fancourt was very attentive.

She scarcely heard what he said, and suddenly startled him by asking abruptly,-- "Lord Fancourt, did you perceive who was in the dining-room just now besides Sir Percy Blakeney ?" "Only the agent of the French government, M.Chauvelin, equally fast asleep in another corner," he said.