"No; the gentlemen are still at table."
"They will not linger long. Sir Philip Nunnely is no wine-bibber, and I hear him just now pass from the dining-room to the drawing-room."
"It is a servant."
"It is Sir Philip; I know his step."
"Your hearing is acute."
"It is never dull, and the sense seems sharpened at present. Sir Philip was here to tea last night. I heard you sing to him some song which he had brought you. I heard him, when he took his departure at eleven o'clock, call you out on to the pavement, to look at the evening star."

"No; the gentlemen are still at table."
"They will not linger long. Sir Philip Nunnely is no wine-drinker, and I hear him walking to the drawing-room."
"Your hearing is acute."
"It seems sharpened at present. Sir Philip was here to tea last night. I heard you sing to him. When he left, I heard him call you outside, to look at the evening star. 