"Will you not make one more effort?" she said at length. "Would you not save him from this wrong doing? May not the consequences be dreadful to him, too? may not her father take a terrible revenge, as men sometimes do on the deceivers and betrayers of their daughters?"
Miss Worth started, and her wan cheek turned a shade paler.
"I had not thought of that!" she said, drawing a long breath. "Oh, what shall I do?"
They consulted together, but with no more definite result than a mutual agreement to keep a strict watch upon the movements of Juliet and her pseudo nobleman.
Mildred was again about to withdraw, when Miss Worth stopped her.
"Pardon me, Miss Keith," she said, "but you have not answered my questions."
"They all go to the theatre to-night, and, as I happen to know, Mr. Landreth is to escort Miss Juliet."
"Not the count? but she will meet him there; I am sure of it. You do not go, Miss Mildred?"
"To the theatre! oh, no!"