"Will you put your question a little more definitely, Lady May?" Paul asked slowly.
"Certainly! Has that young person come here at your instigation? Did you arrange for her to come here?"
"I did not! No one could have been more surprised to see her than I was."
Lady May was growing very stiff. She sat up in her saddle, and drew the reins through her fingers. "You know her?"
"I do!"
"You visited her in London?"
"I did!"
"You were at the cottage last evening?"
"I was! I lost my way, and——"