I dare say you know the secrets of his lockless doors and hordes of unseen servants." La Belle Nita rose to her feet.

About her lips there flickered the faintest smile.
"Young English lady," she said, "I shall not go, because I am shut for ever out of his heart.

But listen; would you have me go ?" For a moment Maggie's poise was gone again.

A strange uncertainty was once more upon her.

She was terrified at her own feelings.