Chapter 21 A WORD OF VARIOUS MEANINGS

She came up to me swiftly and without hesitation. I had looked for some embarrassment, but there was none in her face. She met my eyes full and square, and began to speak to me at once.

'My lord,' she said, 'I must ask one thing of you. I must lay one more burden on you. After to-day I dare not be here when my countrymen learn how they are delud