"Yes, I know," Penlyn answered, finding any reply difficult.
"Has she told you anything of what passed between them recently?" Sir Paul asked.
"No," Penlyn said, "nothing." But the question told him that Ida had informed her father of the dead man's proposal to her.
"She will tell you, perhaps, when you see her. She intends coming down to you shortly." Then changing the subject, Sir Paul said: "She tells me you met the poor fellow at Lady Chesterton's ball. I suppose you did not see him after that, until--before his death?"
Lord Penlyn hesitated. He did not know what answer to give, for, though he had no desire to tell an untruth, how could he tell his questioner of the dreadful scenes that had occurred between them after that meeting at the ball?
Then he said, weakly: "Yes; I did see him again, at 'Black's.'"
"At 'Black's!'" Sir Paul exclaimed. "I did not know he was a member."
"Nor was he. Only, one night--Friday night--he was passing and I was there, and he dropped in."
"Oh!" Sir Paul said, "I thought you were the merest acquaintances."
And then he went on to discuss the murder, and to ask if anything further was known than what had appeared in the papers? And Penlyn told him that he knew of nothing further.