Julie did not answer, but, partially disengaging herself, and without looking at him, she held out her hand to the Duke.
He pressed it with a cordiality that amazed him.
"That's right--that's right. Now, Evelyn, I leave you to make the arrangements. The keys shall be here this afternoon. Miss Le Breton, of course, stays here till things are settled. As for me, I must really be off to my meeting. One thing, Miss Le Breton--"
"Yes."
"I think," he said, gravely, "you ought to reveal yourself to Lord Lackington."
She shrank.
"You'll let me take my own time for that?" was her appealing reply.
"Very well--very well. We'll speak of it again."
And he hurried away. As he descended his own stairs astonishment at what he had done rushed upon him and overwhelmed him.
"How on earth am I ever to explain the thing to Lady Henry?"