“He has.”
“And you have no doubt what her decision will be?”
“Not the slightest.”
“How came you to know she was carried off by this count?”
“He confessed it himself.”
“Voluntarily?”
“No; I taxed him with it, and he owned to the deed; but he voluntarily promised to take me to her and abide by her decision.”
“Extraordinary!” said La Masque, as if to herself. “Whimsical as he is, I scarcely expected he would give her up so easily as this.”
“Then you know him, madame?” said Sir Norman, pointedly.
“There are few things I do not know, and rare are the disguises I cannot penetrate. So you have discovered it, too?”