"I know that my father would like it. I'll tell the Baroness you are
not well and cannot come down this morning."
"The Baroness? What did you say?" said Augusta.
"Our head-mistress; her name is Baroness von Gablestein."
Augusta closed her eyes and shivered.
"To this we have sunk," I heard her mutter, and then she turned her face
to the wall.
A great bell, musical and dear, sounded all over the house.
"That is our summons," I said. "Mademoiselle Wrex will meet us on the
next landing, and I will come to you as soon as I can."