"Have you heard, my Lord, what happened last night?" said Mr. Low, with his eyes fixed on Phineas Finn.
"I have heard nothing," said Lord Chiltern.
"What has happened?" asked Phineas, looking aghast. He knew Mr. Low well enough to be sure that the thing referred to was of great and distressing moment.
"You, too, have heard nothing?"
"Not a word—that I know of."
"You were at The Universe last night?"
"Certainly I was."
"Did anything occur?"
"The Prince was there."
"Nothing has happened to the Prince?" said Chiltern.