Who could understand the relation in which Eagle and I now stood, and the claim she made upon me? She clung to my arm when I took it away. I led her by the hand. Even this sight caused Madame Ursule a shock at the head of the stairs.
"M's'r Williams!"
My hostess paused and looked at us.
"Did she come to you of her own accord?"
"Yes, madame."
"I never knew her to notice a stranger before."
"Madame, do you know who this is?"
"Madeleine Jordan."
"It is the Marquise de Ferrier."
"The Marquise de Ferrier?"