"Call it what you will, sir."
"Well, Miss Oakley, we will dismiss that part of the subject. Are you going upon any errand, or have you a little time to spare."
"I have some time."
"Then it is a very proper thing that you should enjoy it in taking some proper refreshment."
"I want nothing."
"Nay, but you shall have something whether you want it or not, before I say any more to you about Todd and his affairs."
Johanna, whose mental excitement had prevented her completely from feeling the amount of exhaustion, which otherwise must by that time have come over her, would still have protested that she wanted nothing, but Sir Richard Blunt opened the door of the parlour, and called out—
"Mr. Orton, is your daughter at home?"
"Yes, Sir Richard, Ann is up stairs."
"Very good. My young friend here can find the way, I dare say. Is it the first floor?"