Lady Patricia.

Milk and cream.... (After a dreamy pause.) Yes, I am afraid so. But don’t put it on the table. Hide it in the summer-house. And will you send Baldwin to me?

Ellis.

Yes, my lady.

(He goes out.)

Lady Patricia.

(Turns over the pages of a MS., and then reads with thrilling beauty.)

When I am dead, my dearest,

Sing no sad songs for me,

Plant thou no roses at my head,