CHAPTER LV.

IN THE CASTLE THERE LIVED A KNIGHT.

Ayala was compelled to consent to remain at Stalham. The "I don't think" which she repeated so often was, of course, of no avail to her. Sir Harry would be angry, and Lady Albury would be disgusted, were she to go,--and so she remained. There was to be a week before Colonel Stubbs would come, and she was to remain not only for the week but also for some short time afterwards,--so that there might be yet a few days left of hunting under the Colonel. It could not, surely, have been doubtful to her after she had read that letter,--with the postscript,--that if she remained her happiness would be insured! He would not have come again and insisted on her being there to receive him if nothing were to come of it. And yet she had fought for permission to return to Kingsbury Crescent after her little fashion, and had at last yielded, as she told Lady Albury,--because Sir Harry seemed to wish it. "Of course he wishes it," said Lady Albury. "He has got the pony on purpose, and nobody likes being disappointed when he has done a thing so much as Sir Harry." Ayala, delighted as she was, did not make her secret known. She was fluttered, and apparently uneasy,--so that her friend did not know what to make of it, or which way to take it. Ayala's secret was to herself a secret still to be maintained with holy reticence. It might still be possible that Jonathan Stubbs should never say another word to her of his love. If he did,--why then all the world might know. Then there would be no secret. Then she could sit and discuss her love, and his love, all night long with Lady Albury, if Lady Albury would listen to her. In the meantime the secret must be a secret. To confess her love, and then to have her love disappointed,--that would be death to her!

1. who was compelled?
2. to do what?
3. who would be angry?
4. would someone be disgusted?
5. whom?
6. why?
7. Who was hunting?
8. how long before he arrived?
9. was the pony on accident?
10. do people like being disappointed?
11. Who was uneasy?
12. did her friend know what to do?
13. who had a secret?
14. Who may not speak his name?
15. did she keep her secret?
16. What happened if there was no secret?
17. Who did she want to discuss with?
18. Must it remain a secret?
19. What would be the death of her?
20. Who wanted to confess?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Ayala
2. Stay at Stalham
3. Sir Harry
4. yes
5. Lady Albury
6. if she left
7. Colonel Stubbs
8. a week
9. no
10. no
11. Ayala
12. no
13. Ayala
14. Jonathan Stubbs
15. yes
16. Jonathan Stubbs should never say another word to her of his love
17. Lady Albury,
18. yes
19. o have her love disappointed,-
20. Ayala'