SCENE V.—LADY CAROLINE _reclining in her chair. She rings a bell.

Enter_ MARGERY.

LADY C. You may bring that round table nearer to me, Margery: Miss Flora and I will take our tea together. What a treat it will be for her!

MARGERY (_bringing the table_). Yes, my lady. (_Spreads cloth._)

LADY C. She will be eager to tell all that has happened, and I shall be just as eager to hear. (MARGERY _fetches plates, &c._) Bring her small china mug, Margery (she likes that best); and bring her low rocking-chair.

MARGERY. Yes, my lady. The little dear will be so tired! (_Brings the things._)

LADY C. Place the chair near me. Is the supper all ready? What an appetite the little traveller will have to-night!

MARGERY. Every thing is ready, my lady.

LADY C. And fetch her slippers lined with down. They will be soft to her tired feet. Ah, how many steps those feet have taken since she kissed me good-by! (MARGERY _brings slippers, and places them in front of the chair_.) So. That is right. Now that all is ready, how long seems every moment! Margery, go stand by the upper window, and bring me word when you catch the first sight of them coming along by the hedge-row.

MARGERY. I will, my lady. I’ll watch, and not leave the window,—not for one single moment.

[_Exit_ MARGERY. _Curtain falls._