After a while Marie contrived to be alone with her lover near one of the windows for a few seconds. "Papa is down-stairs in the book-room," she said. "Lord Alfred was told when he came that he was out." It was evident to Sir Felix that everything was prepared for him. "You go down," she continued, "and ask the man to show you into the book-room."
"Shall I come up again?"

After a while Marie contrived to be alone with her lover near one of the windows. "Papa is downstairs in the book-room," she said. "Go down, and ask the man to show you into the book-room."
"Shall I come up again?"
