But it was folly, infatuation! I see my error; Rosabella has more character. She can love."
Lord Edmund crossed his arms upon his breast and was soon lost in a reverie, which Father Morris was careful not to interrupt, but which was broken by the approach of Trevors, his lordship's aide-de-camp and secretary."
"What do you want?" asked Lord Edmund sternly.
"I came to seek your Lordship. I feared you were unwell, as I missed your Lordship from the party."
"You missed me!" repeated Lord Edmund bitterly. "You missed me! and did no one else discover my absence? Was it so marked that my servant could observe it, and yet no one else?"
"Did not the Queen inquire for Lord Edmund?" asked Father Morris.
"I did not hear her Majesty," replied Trevors.
"How was she engaged? what was she doing?" demanded Lord Edmund.
"She was sitting, talking to Prince Ferdinand, my Lord."
