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Updated: May 17, 2025
Halcott sat at work in the adjoining bed-chamber, and came in every now and then to replenish the fire: a footman was always on duty in the corridor. A spring bell stood among the elegant trifles upon her ladyship's table; and the lightest touch of her left hand upon the bell brought her attendants to her side. She resolutely refused to have any one sitting with her all day long.
Fräulein, and Lady Mary, and the maid Halcott, a sedate personage of forty summers, had all been instructed by the doctor that Lady Maulevrier was to be kept profoundly quiet. She must not talk much, since speech was likely to be a painful effort with her for some little time; she must not be talked to much by anyone, least of all must she be spoken to upon any agitating topic.
'Thank you, said her ladyship, touching her bell twice. The two clear silvery strokes were a summons for Halcott, the maid, who appeared immediately. 'Tell Mrs. Power to get his lordship's room ready immediately, and to give Mr. Hammond the room he had last summer, said Lady Maulevrier, with a sigh of resignation.
She bent over the invalid's pillow and kissed the pale cheek, feeling as if she were taking a liberty in venturing so much. She would hardly have done it had Lesbia been at home; but she had a feeling that in Lesbia's absence Lady Maulevrier must want somebody's love even hers. And then she crept away, leaving Halcott the maid in attendance, sitting at her work at the window furthest from the bed.
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