“Is your Lady well?”

Well? Sir—your Honour——”

“Heaven and earth! what mean

Your stupid questions? I have nothing seen,

Nor heard, nor know, nor—Do, good Thomas, speak!

Your mistress——”

“Sir, has gone from home a week—

My Lady, Sir, your sister”—— But, too late 390

Was this—my Friend had yielded to his fate.

He heard the truth, became serene and mild,