No! I have promised La Masque to visit the old ruins, and there I shall go forthwith.

Will you accompany me ?" "I think not.

I have a word to say to La Masque, and you and she kept talking so busily, I had no chance to put it in." Sir Norman laughed.
"Besides, I have no doubt it is a word you would not like to utter in the presence of a third party, even though that third party be your friend and Pythias, Kingsley.

Do you mean to stay here like a plague-sentinel until she returns ?" "Possibly; or if I get tired I may set out in search of her.

When do you return ?" "The Fates, that seem to make a foot-ball of my best affections, and kick them as they please, only know.