They are long gone. Dizzily, she grabbed at the mantel for support and, resting her head on her hands, paid no heed to a betraying sound behind her—until an unexpected arm encircled her. But it is that I have a very bad temper, you understand. ” “But—” “He left her alone. "Mother!" she echoed,—"mother! why do you call me by that name?" "Because you are my mother. ’ ‘I also said, if you remember, that I could not promise not to do so. It would have given me intense satisfaction to have been able to catch a French spy. A smile trembled at the corners of her mouth as she recalled Gerald’s ridiculous upbraiding of his own reflection in the mirror. She met the keen grey eyes of a clean-shaven man, between forty and fifty, quietly dressed in professional attire. Perhaps it had been pick-pocketed or jostled from her dress in a hunt. " "Since you require it, I must obey," replied Kneebone; "but prepare yourself for a terrible shock. Supper was quickly served; the oldest bottle of wine was brought from the cellar; the strongest barrel of ale was tapped; but not one of the party could eat or drink—their hearts were too full.
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