Leycester and Lord Charles passed out and down the stairs.
The sound of laughter and music floated faintly through the parted curtains of the drawing-room.
"What shall I say to them?" asked Lord Charles, nodding toward the room.
Leycester smiled, grimly.
"Tell them," he said, "that I have gone to town on business," and he laughed quietly.
Then suddenly he stopped as if a thought had struck him, and glanced at his watch.
"One moment," he said, and ran lightly up the stairs to Lilian's room. Her maid met him at the door.
"Her ladyship is asleep," she said.
Leycester hesitated, then he signed to her to open the door, and entered.