Lady Dalrymple looked at him, and a slight smile quivered on her lips.
"I see, ma'am, that for some reason or other you doubt my word. Would you put confidence in it if another person were to confirm what I have said?"
"That depends entirely upon who the other person may be."
"The person I mean is Lord Hawbury."
"Lord Hawbury? Indeed!" said Lady Dalrymple, in some surprise. "But he's in Rome."
"No, ma'am, he's not. He's here—in this hotel."
"In this hotel? Here?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"I'm sure I should like to see him very much, and hear what he says about it."
"I'll go and get him, then," said the Baron, and, rising briskly, he left the room.