"I will. What am I to say?"
Carelessly putting both hands into his coat pockets, and grasping the pistols, he rose, stretched out his coat tails, and stood before her in an attitude usual with him, and characteristic of Englishmen generally, when standing with their backs to the fire.
"You promise to be frank?" he said.
"I do."
"Then tell me whether Lord * * * * * was here yesterday."
"He was."
"Will he be here to-morrow?"
"Most likely."
"Then you have not given him his congé?"
"Not I."