door, Lady Kitty. Then what would you do?"

"Do! Why, tell James that we were not in, and never should be, and
request the young man to leave at once."

"And never let him pass the door again."

"Certainly not! 'Twould be presumption. But then"--this with a gentle
sigh--"we need not trouble ourselves with this. I doubt not he hath
forgot us long ago, just as indeed we have forgotten him--though I would
say--. But I half believe he hit thee, girl, with his boldness and his
bow, and his fearlessness withal."

"Who, I? Why, heavens! Lady Kitty! The idea never came to my mind.
Indeed no, not for an instant. Of course, as you say, 'twas but a
passing occurrence, and 'twas all forgot. But, by the way, Lady Kitty,
go we to Sadler's Wells to-morrow morn?"

"I see no reason for not going," replied Lady Catharine. "And we may
drive about, the same way we took the other morn. I will show you the
same spot where he stood and bowed so handsomely, and made so little of
the fight with the robbers the night before, as though 'twere trifling
enough; and made so little of his poverty, as though he were owner of
the king's coin."

"But we shall never see him more," said Mary Connynge.

"To be sure not. But just to show you--see! He stood thus, his hat off,
his eye laughing, I pledge you, as though for some good jest he had. And
'twas 'your pardon, ladies!' he said, as though he were indeed nobleman