"Yes, child."
"Mr. Benham has ridden over."
"What?"
"Mr. Benham has ridden over. May I ask him to stay to breakfast?"
There was the sound of a chair being moved. Then Anthony Durrell's voice asked, "Where is Mr. Benham?"
"On the terrace."
"Keep him till I come. I have something to say to Mr. Benham."
"You're not cross with him, father?"
"Only fools and little people are cross, child. I shall not be ten minutes."
Nance went down, trying to reassure herself, and feeling that it was a very innocent thing that she should be glad of this young man's coming. She found Jasper standing by one of the yew-trees, looking out toward the sea. She saw by his eyes how the flowered gown became her.