"True! And as in a short time I start with yonder cavalcade, there
is but little time to lose. Apropos, Kingsley, who is that mysterious
woman, La Masque?"
"She is, or was (for she is dead sow) a French lady, of noble birth, and
the sister of Leoline!"
"Her sister! And have you discovered Leoline's history?"
"I have."
"And her name!"
"And her name. She is Leoline De Montmorenci! And with the proudest
blood of France in her veins, living obscure and unknown--a stranger in
a strange land since childhood; but, with God's grace and your help, I
hope to see her restored to all she has lost, before long."
"You know me, then?" said his companion, half-smiling.
"Yes, your majesty," answered Sir Norman, bowing low before the king.