"Would it, my lord?" asked Bob.
"I'm afraid not," said the bishop, "though perhaps in the circumstances, which are very peculiar—"
"Well, I won't," said Bob, "and that's flat. Goby wouldn't, I know, would you, Captain Goby?"
But the duchess waved Goby into the background.
"I mean to have the truth. Shall we listen to your foolish scruples now? If you won't tell us where she is, tell us whom she has married. Is it one of these gentlemen?"
"I won't give any of 'em away," said Bob.
"Then you know?"
"Of course I know," said Bob.
"Ah," sighed the duchess, "then she is married?"
"She says so," said Bob, "and, if it's true, as I suppose, I know who it is. But Pen, before she went up—before she went, said I wasn't to speak."