"But more than that I discovered from the lady herself?" said the surgeon.
"From the lady? What do you mean?" asked General Bezan, most earnestly.
"Why she visited you during your illness, and though she came in disguise, I discovered her."
"In disguise?"
"Yes."
"How did you discover her? I pray you tell me all, if you are my friend."
"By a tear!"
"A tear!"
"Yes, because I knew no servant or lady's maid sent to execute her mistress's bidding would have been so affected, and that led me to watch for further discovery."
"Did she weep?"