"Do, poor soul!" she said. She drew a little table to the bedside, and, having set the food on it, left me. It was not a good dinner; a healthy appetite and an easy conscience might have been satisfied with it, but neither of these was mine at the moment, so I did no more than just play with it. Then I knocked on the floor for Biddy, who came up at once. She was always smiling; she had one of those faces to which only laughter or tears seem natural. "Have ye done, sorr?" she asked, in undisguised surprise. "Yes," I said, "I can't eat." She suggested Doctor Nolan again. "No, I'm afraid a doctor could do no good until I've got something off my mind." "Will I sind for a priest, thin?" she asked. "At present, Biddy, it's not a matter for a priest, but if you knew of some good woman, not a nun, but still in the world--" I paused from sheer inability to go on; I was so unused to this kind of thing that any sign of suspicion on Biddy's part would have meant disaster. But Biddy had a kind heart, and instantly scented a romance. "Ah," she said, "I see how it is wid ye." I said nothing, but lay still, watching her face. I tried once or twice to mention Miss O'Callaghan's name, but my lips refused to approach it without a weakness that might have betrayed me. And then, all at once, Biddy did it for me. "I might ast Miss O'Callaghan to see ye," she said. My face burned. "And who's Miss O'Callaghan?" I asked. "A dear, dear heart," said Biddy, "an' just the lady to help ye if it's love you're throubled about. She's had throuble herself," she added, "an' may his lordship be made to pay for it!" "What do you mean about Miss O'Callaghan and his lordship?" "Was I her maid for three years and not know her secrets?" I begged Biddy to explain, which she refused to do; but I gathered enough from her to judge that my surmise had been correct, and that Norah was wholly his lordship's if he could get fair speech with her. "Biddy," said I, "you're a good girl, and if you can bring Miss O'Callaghan to see me at half-past eleven to-morrow I'll dance at your wedding." "I'll go to her now," she said; "rest quiet, now, till I come back." When Biddy had gone I was almost sorry that I had not taken her completely into my confidence, but her interest seemed so deeply engaged on my behalf that I felt sure she would work strongly on Miss O'Callaghan's feelings; and so it proved, for she returned in an hour to say that the lady would come on the following morning. After this piece of news I calmly went to sleep again, and only awoke to find Biddy once more at my bedside with breakfast. I assured her that I felt somewhat better, and would be ready for Miss O'Callaghan when she came. Just as I had finished breakfast I heard St. Alleyne's voice below. Presently Biddy came up with curiosity shining from her face. "Why didn't ye tell me," she said, "that ye knew his lordship?" "Biddy, can I trust you?" I asked.