“Nor has Miss Milner had visitors?” asked he.
This brought Mrs. Horton to her recollection, and she cried, “Oh! now I know;”——and then checked herself, as if she knew too much.
“What do you know, Madam?” said he, sharply.
“Nothing,” said Mrs. Horton, “I know nothing—” and she lifted up her hands and shook her head.
“So all people say, who know a great deal,” cried Sandford, “and I suspect that is at present your case.”
“Then I know more than I wish, I am sure, Mr. Sandford,” returned she, shrugging up her shoulders.
Lord Elmwood was all impatience.
“Explain, Madam, explain.”
“Dear my Lord,” said she, “if your Lordship will recollect, you may just have the same knowledge that I have.”
“Recollect what?” said he sternly.