"If Lucilla is willing, I say Yes, with all my heart." The two brothers approached us, arm in arm.

Lucilla, very reluctantly, allowed herself to be persuaded into trying the experiment.

Two chairs, exactly alike, were placed in front of her.

At a sign from Nugent, Oscar silently took the chair on her right.

By this arrangement, the hand which she had used in touching Nugent's face, would be now the hand that she would employ in touching Oscar's face.