"She finds I suit her admirably," said Katherine, gravely.
"I don't quite understand"—De Burgh was beginning, when the door opened to admit Mrs. Ormonde.
"Ah, Mr. De Burgh, I did not expect you so early; but I am glad Katherine was here to give you your tea. It is not necessary to introduce you. I was afraid you would have been caught in that shower, Katie."
"We just escaped it. I hope Lady Alice has found shelter, or she will renew her cold."
"You are Miss Liddell, then?" said De Burgh, as he placed a chair for Mrs. Ormonde and took her cloak.
"To be sure. Didn't you guess who she was?"
"Mr. De Burgh guessed a good deal, but he did not guess my identity," said Katherine, handing her a cup of tea.
"What! Were you playing at cross questions and crooked answers?"
"Something of that sort," he returned, and changed the subject by asking if they had heard how Errington's father was.
"Better, I suppose, for Mr. Errington has returned. He met us when we were in Melford Woods."