"My son! Where is my son?" demanded Lady Maltravers.
She was conducted to his room and from that time forth watched over him with all a mother's devotion.
[CHAPTER III.]
THE ASSASSIN AT WORK.
Thanks to his youth, aided, by a strong and vigorous constitution, Lord Maltravers passed through the valley of the shadow of death without succumbing to the fell destroyer.
In a fortnight he was out of danger.
The doctor predicted that his recovery would be slow, and advised that he should remain where he was until his strength was fully established.
Lady Maltravers returned to London, rejoicing that her child was saved to her, for with all his faults she loved him with the strong intensity of a fond and over-indulgent mother.
Consequently his lordship remained at Calais in the charge of his faithful valet, Bambino.