Yet, even so, he thought he might have expected that she would have had more to say to him than just those five words expressing her readiness to depart.

He had looked for some acknowledgment of satisfaction at his presence, some utterances of gratitude either to himself or to the Queen-Regent for the promptness with which she had been succoured.

He was disappointed, but he showed nothing of it, as with a simple inclination of the head-- "Good!" said he.

"Since you are ready and Monsieur le Seneschal is anxious to be rid of us, let us by all means be moving.

You have a long and tedious journey before you, mademoiselle." "I--I am prepared for that," she faltered.
He stood aside, and bending from the waist he made a sweeping gesture towards the door with the hand that held his hat.