"Indeed, indeed it is."
"I should be a traitor to doubt you,—and I do not doubt. I will never doubt you if you tell me that you love me."
"You know I love you."
"Tell me, Anna—; or shall I say Lady Anna?"
"Lady Anna,—if you wish to scorn me."
"Then never will I call you so, till it shall come to pass that I do wish to scorn you. But tell me. Is it true that Earl Lovel was with you the other day?"
"He was here the day before yesterday."
"And why did he come."
"Why?"
"Why did he come? you know that as far as I have yet heard he is still your mother's enemy and yours, and is persecuting you to rob you of your name and of your property. Did he come as a friend?"