The next day Sir Perriton Powers—for the King had knighted him after breakfast—stood again in the conservatory of the house in Carlton Terrace.
"I have come for my reward," he said. "Do I get it?"
Sir Perriton clasped her in his arms.
"On my way home," he said, "I was attacked by a lion. I tried to beat it——"
"Hush, dearest," she whispered, "let me take you to father."