"Hath Charles landed?" I asked, watching them closely.
"No," replied Otho.
"But something of importance hath taken place," I said; "else why this midnight visit?"
"Yes, important events have happened." He spoke curtly, like one angry.
"And it hath to do with me, I suppose?"
"Yes."
"What then?"
He looked at me keenly for a minute. Then he answered me slowly, according to his usual manner of speech.
"Charles hath not landed," he said. "All the same, important events have happened with which you have to do."
"And they?" I asked, noticing the grin that overspread Benet Killigrew's face.