I think I never saw anyone look more shocked.
Madame sat up, very flushed. No wonder, for she had been wrapped so close
in the coverlet. She did not look quite at Lady Knollys, but straight
before her, rather downward, and very luridly.
I was very much frightened and amazed, and felt on the point of bursting
into tears.
'So, Mademoiselle, you have married, it seems, since I had last the honour
of seeing you? I did not recognise Mademoiselle under her new name.'
'Yes--I _am_ married, Lady Knollys; I thought everyone who knew me had
heard of that. Very respectably married, for a person of my rank. I shall
not need long the life of a governess. There is no harm, I hope?'
'I hope not,' said Lady Knollys, drily, a little pale, and still looking
with a dark sort of wonder upon the flushed face and forehead of the
governess, who was looking downward, straight before her, very sulkily and
disconcerted.
'I suppose you have explained everything satisfactorily to Mr. Ruthyn, in
whose house I find you?' said Cousin Monica.
'Yes, certainly, everything he requires--in effect there is _nothing_ to
explain.
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