"Ah! my heart should have told me Phil! Which is the captain?"
"'Ivanhoe,' there by the door, talking with the 'Father of his Country.'"
"And oh! tell me, for I am dying to know, have you found out my cousin?"
"I do not think she is in the room."
"Impossible! Then she must be ill."
"Indifferent, more probably."
"Ah! perhaps. 'There is but one with whom she has heart to be gay!' But has nobody been up to see what has become of her?"
"No one, I fancy."
"Had I better go?"
"That's as you please," with a slight shrug.