We will have our dinner, if you please." Jack had not broken his fast since nine and felt keenly the need of refreshment, but he answered: "I think that I would better wait for Margaret." "No, she will have dined at Tillbury," said the masterful lady.

"It will save time.

Please come and have dinner, sir." He followed her into the inn.

The landlady, a stout, obsequious woman, led them to a small dining-room above stairs lighted by many candles where an open fire was burning cheerfully.
A handsomely dressed man waited by them for orders and retired with the landlady when they were given.
From this point the scene at the inn is described in the diary of the American.
"She drew off her hat and veil and a young woman about twenty-eight years of age and of astonishing beauty stood before me." "'There, now, I am out of business,' she remarked in a pleasant voice as she sat down at the table which, had been spread before the fireplace.

'I will do my best to be a companion to you until Margaret arrives.' "She looked into my eyes and smiled.