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The next day was to bring news of a startling kind to the Hall. Juliet was spending a lazy morning feeding the waterfowl on the lake, and making believe to read Red Cotton Nightcap Country, when a message was brought to her that Lord Culvers wished to see her in his study at once. She went back to find her father waiting at the hall-door for her with an open letter in his hand, and a look on his face which said "something to tell" plainly as words could.
"News of Ida's brooch," he said, so soon as her feet were inside the door. Then he led the way into his study, spread the letter before her, and bade her read it.