What resolutions were forming and unforming under that crown of shining locks, in that heavily-charged heart?
The door was thrust open, and in came Sarah, the maid with St. Vitus' dance.
'Please,' she said, 'there be three gem'men from Ely downstairs. They say they be come after their toastin'-forks.'
CHAPTER XXXIV
WITH TOASTING-FORKS
ZITA rose from her knees.
'Tell them to wait, and I will be down directly,' she said. 'I made them a promise, and I must keep it. I am glad they are here; they can witness the will, now that Mark Runham and Leehanna Tunkiss are gone.'
Drownlands was surprised. The girl had regained her composure; and from the look of her face he was assured that she had formed her resolution.