"And it may be," he said, "that I shall have to go again. Mr. Bourgoign said that he would send to me if he could. But I have heard no word from him." (He glanced round the watching faces.) "And I need not say that I shall hear no word at all, if the tale I have told you leak out."
"Perhaps she hath a chaplain again," said Mr. John, after pause.
"I do not think so," said the priest. "If she had none at Chartley, she would all the less have one at Fotheringay."
"And it may be you will be sent for again?" asked Marjorie's voice gently from the darkness.
"It may be so," said the priest.
"The letter is to be sent here?" she asked.
"I told Mr. Bourgoign so."
"Does any other know you are here?"
"No, Mistress Marjorie."
There was a pause.