"No. My life with you."
Her hands dropped on to the coverlet, and he grasped them in his own. How oft had she drawn away at his touch. Now she yielded, drawing nearer to him, still on her knees.
"Would you come to England with me, Lydie? to my home in England, amongst the hills of Sussex, far from Court life and from politics? Would you follow me thither?"
"To the uttermost ends of the world, good milor," she replied.
THE END
Transcriber's Note: Obvious punctuation errors, such as missing periods or unpaired quotation marks, have been corrected. In addition, the following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected.
In Chapter V, "The King sleeps, Monseiur" was changed to "The King sleeps, Monsieur".
In Chapter VI, "the Marèchal de Saint Romans, friend and mentor" was changed to "the Maréchal de Saint Romans, friend and mentor", "unscrupluous ambition" was changed to "unscrupulous ambition", "'Iréne,' he said earnestly" was changed to "'Irène,' he said earnestly", and "the appearance of Jeanne Poisson d'Étoiles" was changed to "the appearance of Jeanne Poisson d'Étioles".
In Chapter VII, "the enthusiasm of Mlle. de.Aumont" was changed to "the enthusiasm of Mlle. d'Aumont".