Lord Edmund gnashed his teeth together, grinding them with fury, and rushed back to the house without speaking, whilst Trevors followed at an humble distance.
"He has it," cried Father Morris triumphantly—"he has it, and he is mine for ever."
Several days elapsed from this period before Elvira again saw Lord Edmund. She was surprised at his absence; as indeed he was so interwoven in her schemes and plans, that nothing went on well without him.
"Will your Majesty have the goodness to affix the royal seal to this ordinance?" asked Lord Gustavus one morning.
"I don't know," replied Elvira. "I can't tell what to do. I wish Lord Edmund were here."
"He may soon be sent for," said Lord Gustavus pompously. "Though, with all due deference to your Majesty's better judgment, it does not appear to me that his presence is exactly requisite."
Lord Edmund, however, was summoned, and he came. But oh! how changed since
