All of these things were apparent from the vantage ground of the
upper story window, but Josephine, unwilling to play at spying, saw
none of it. At last, however, an exclamation from Jeanne caused
her to hasten to the window. "_Mon Dieu_, Madame! Madame,
look--it is that officer--it is Monsieur le Capitaine Carlisle!
Look! why then--"
[Illustration: An exclamation from Jeanne caused her to hasten.]
With no more than a glance, her mistress turned, flung open the
door of the room, hurried down the stair, passed out of the hall
and so fronted these newcomers at the gallery. They stood silent
as they saw her. She herself was first to speak.
"What are you doing with that woman?" she demanded.
They all stood in silence, looking at her, at this apparition of a
woman--a young and beautiful woman--here at Tallwoods, where none
had known of any woman these many years. Clayton himself made no
comment. The Honorable William Jones smiled broadly. Dunwody
removed his hat.
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