"I have come," said a voice behind him, "to ask you to beg your daughter——
"I HAVE COME," cried the Lady Beltravers, "TO ASK YOU——
"I HAVE COME," shouted her ladyship, "TO——"
John French wheeled round in amazement. With a cry the Lady Beltravers shrank back.
"Eustace," she gasped—"Eustace, Earl of Turbot!"
"Eliza!"
"What are you doing here? I came to see John French."
"What?" he asked, with his hand to his ear.
She repeated her remark loudly several times.
"I am John French," he said at last. "When you refused me and married Beltravers I suddenly felt tired of Society; and I changed my name and settled down here as a simple farmer. My daughter helps me on the farm."