“The face at the window! again last night.”
She nodded; and her lips grew so white and her eyes so wild with terror, that he hastened to soothe her.
“There, there is no danger now, my little Drusa! I am here by your side. Compose yourself for the present, and when you have quite recovered you shall tell me all about it, and the affair shall be investigated.”
He laid his hand upon her brow; and she with a sigh of relief, closed her eyes.
Presently Pina came in with a little tray upon which stood a cup of tea and a small piece of dried toast.
At Alexander’s entreaty and with his assistance, Drusilla sat up and drank the tea and ate the toast, and then sank back upon her pillow and after a while, with her hand in his, fell into a natural and refreshing sleep.
Alexander still watched her for five or ten minutes longer, and then after glancing up at the time-piece on the mantle shelf and seeing that it was nearly eleven o’clock he slipped his hand from hers, told Pina to take his place by the bedside, and then left the chamber.
He went down stairs into the drawing-room and rang the bell.
Leo answered it.
“Serve my breakfast immediately and then go and saddle my horse and bring him around to the door,” were Mr. Lyon’s directions.