"The greatest wonder of all is how Kay came to be there; but of course if Precious revives she can explain all that."
He felt Ethel shuddering against his arm, and Hetty saw how she trembled, and said to herself:
"I think Miss Ethel could explain it too, if she would, and if she don't speak I shall begin to think she has some strange secret worth more than the gift of a bracelet."
"I must go back to my mother now, for our father is too wretched himself to comfort her. Ethel, try to come down if you can," he said, as he left the room.
Ethel dragged herself out of bed, moaning:
"You must dress me, Hetty, and let me go to my poor sister."
Hetty brought her slippers and a pretty wrapper, and while she was putting them on she exclaimed:
"What a brave young man Lord Chester must be!"
Ethel's heart gave a fierce throb of mingled pride and pain.