No?
You will not?
You are silent?
Well, then you must be registered as Charlotte Backson." Milady remained silent; only this time it was no longer from affectation, but from terror.

She believed the order ready for execution.

She thought that Lord de Winter had hastened her departure; she thought she was condemned to set off that very evening.

Everything in her mind was lost for an instant; when all at once she perceived that no signature was attached to the order.

The joy she felt at this discovery was so great she could not conceal it.
"Yes, yes," said Lord de Winter, who perceived what was passing in her mind; "yes, you look for the signature, and you say to yourself: 'All is not lost, for that order is not signed.