'I asked whether Maud was likely to return soon?
'"Certainly not before five o'clock." He thought we should probably meet
her on our way back to Elverston; but could not be certain, as she might
have changed her plans.
'So then came--no more remaining to be said--a very affectionate parting. I
believe all about his legal dangers was strictly true. How he could, unless
that horrid woman had deceived him, with so serene a countenance tell me
all those gross untruths about Maud, I can only admire.'
In the meantime, as I lay in my bed, Madame, gliding hither and thither,
whispering sometimes, listening at others, I suddenly startled them both by
saying--
'Whose carriage?'
'What carriage, dear?' inquired Quince, whose ears were not so sharp as
mine.
Madame peeped from the window.
''Tis the physician, Doctor Jolks. He is come to see your uncle, my dear,'
said Madame.
'But I hear a female voice,' I said, sitting up.
'No, my dear; there is only the doctor,' said Madame. 'He is come to your
uncle. I tell you he is getting out of his carriage,' and she affected to
watch the doctor's descent.
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