"No, I'm not," he said. "It's a beastly lie. But she did say the other day that she would go to the ends of the earth. And that's Australia, ain't it?"
"Bob," said the bishop, "this is very painful to me. Speak the truth like a man."
"I won't," said Bob; "it isn't my truth. I won't give Pen away to any one."
His vision cleared, and he saw the lovers ranked behind his grandmother and the bishop.
"Oh, Mr. Gordon," he cried, "do come and help me! Would you tell if you were me?"
"No," said Gordon, "no, of course not."
"I always liked you," said Bob, "so I won't."
"I command you," said Titania, looking at Gordon furiously.
"It's no good," said Bob, rapidly; "Pen's a great way off, far enough, that is, and I swore I'd never disclose the secret of her whereabouts to any one. At least, if I didn't swear it, I said it, and, if I said it, my lord, and broke my promise, it wouldn't be honourable, would it?"
"I don't care," began Titania.