"Oh, how romantic! I must tell Bernard! Perhaps his ghost haunts them! Do tell me his name."
"A rather uncommon name—Yardly Gobion."
Mrs. Burness grew pale.
"I knew him when I was a girl," she said faintly.
The man gripped a little ornamental knob on the arm of the chair. The people who were coming after the dinner were being announced. He heard Sir Lionel and Lady Picton's names shouted from the door. It was a curious evening.
"Were you a Miss Lovering before you married?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Then you're Marjorie!"
"Yes," she said with a little smile, "I was Marjorie."
They were silent for a time, and their faces changed a little.