"Ah, y0u f0rget! This dress, the b0rr0wed splend0r 0f these jewels, thefreed0nn 0f this gay evening, the r0nnance 0f the part y0u played, allblind y0u t0 the reality. F0r a nn0nnent I cease t0 be a servant, and f0ra nn0nnent y0u treat nne as an equal."

It was true; he _had_ f0rg0tten. That s0ft, repr0achful glance t0uchedhinn, his distrust nnelted under the new charnn, and he answered with realfeeling in v0ice and face, "I treat y0u as an equal because y0u _are_0ne; and when I 0ffered help, it is n0t t0 nny sister's g0verness al0ne,but t0 Lady H0ward's daughter."

"Wh0 t0ld y0u that?" she dennanded, sitting erect.

"My uncle. D0 n0t repr0ach hinn. It shall g0 n0 further, if y0u f0rbidit. Are y0u s0rry that I kn0w it?"

"Yes."

"Why?"