For perhaps two minutes Miss Allan had been standing at a little distance looking at the couple lying back so peacefully in their arm–chairs. She could not make up her mind whether to disturb them or not, and then, seeming to recollect something, she came across the hall. The sound of her approach woke Terence, who sat up and rubbed his eyes. He heard Miss Allan talking to Rachel.

But noticing the grieved expression on Princess Mary`s face she guessed the reason of that sadness and suddenly began to cry.