"Gad, child! Shouldst have been a lawyer! A lawyer!" "If it had not been for Mr.Caryll--" she began, but to what else she said he lent no ear, being suddenly brought back to his fears at the mention of that gentleman's name.
"Mr.Caryll! Save us! What is keeping him ?" he cried.

"Can they--can they--" The door opened, and Mr.Caryll walked in, ushered by the hostess.

Both turned to confront him, Hortensia's eyes swollen from her weeping.
"Well ?" quoth his lordship.

"Did they find nothing ?" Mr.Caryll advanced with the easy, graceful carriage that was one of his main charms, his clothes so skilfully restored by Leduc that none could have guessed the severity of the examination they had undergone.
"Since I am here, and alone, your lordship may conclude such to be the case.

Mr.Green is preparing for departure.