Shall we not ?" "I do not know that I have got any mysteries." "Oh, but you have! It is very mysterious in you to come and sit here--with your back to us all--" "Oh, Lord Lufton; if I have done wrong--!" and poor Lucy almost started from her chair, and a deep flush came across her dark cheek.
"No--no; you have done no wrong.

I was only joking.

It is we who have done wrong in leaving you to yourself--you who are the greatest stranger among us." "I have been very well, thank you.

I don't care about being left alone.

I have always been used to it." "Ah! but we must break you of the habit.