And the wild young lord is his father's true son." "Not Lord Harry ?" Iris exclaimed.
The outbreak of agitation in her tone and manner was silently noticed by her maid.

The housekeeper did not attempt to conceal the impression that had been produced upon her.

"I hope you don't know such a vagabond as that ?" she said very seriously.

"Perhaps you are thinking of his brother--the eldest son--a respectable man, as I have been told ?" Miss Henley passed over these questions without notice.

Urged by the interest in her lover, which was now more than ever an interest beyond her control, she said: "Is Lord Harry in danger, on account of his friend ?" "He has nothing to fear from the wretches who infest our part of the country," Mrs.Lewson replied.