"I should not wonder if Doctor Calixtus Bottesham, as you call him, turns out a lover in disguise." "A lover!" exclaimed Blaize.

"Your silly head is always running upon lovers.

He's an old man--old enough to be your grandfather, with a long white beard, reaching to his waist.

He a lover! Mr.Bloundel is much more like one." "For all that, it looks suspicious," returned Patience; "and I shall have my eyes about me on their arrival." Shortly after this, Blaize crept cautiously up to the back yard, and, opening the door, found, as he expected, Bottesham and his companion.
Motioning them to follow him, he led the way to the kitchen, where they arrived without observation.

Patience eyed the new-comers narrowly, and felt almost certain, from their appearance and manner, that her suspicions were correct.