CHAPTER XX 

Credit me, friend, it hath been ever thus, Since the ark rested on Mount Ararat. False man hath sworn, and woman hath believed-- Repented and reproach'd, and then believed once more. _The New World._ 

By the time that Margaret returned with Monna Paula, the Lady Hermione was rising from the table at which she had been engaged in writing something on a small slip of paper, which she gave to her attendant. 

"Monna Paula," she said, "carry this paper to Roberts the cash-keeper; let them give you the money mentioned in the note, and bring it hither presently." 

Monna Paula left the room, and her mistress proceeded. 

"I do not know," she said, "Margaret, if I have done, and am doing, well in this affair. My life has been one of strange seclusion, and I am totally unacquainted with the practical ways of this world--an ignorance which I know cannot be remedied by mere reading.--I fear I am doing wrong to you, and perhaps to the laws of the country which affords me refuge, by thus indulging you; and yet there is something in my heart which cannot resist your entreaties." 

"O, listen to it--listen to it, dear, generous lady!" said Margaret, throwing herself on her knees and grasping those of her benefactress and looking in that attitude like a beautiful mortal in the act of supplicating her tutelary angel; "the laws of men are but the injunctions of mortality, but what the heart prompts is the echo of the voice from heaven within us." 
Who had been writing?
What did she write on>
What is the attendant's name?
Who left the room?
What did the note mention?
Who feels she is wronging Margaret?
Is she a woman with much practical knowledge?
True or False: Lady Hermione also fears that she might be breaking the law.
What part of the Lady does Margaret grab?
What is the Lady's role to Margaret?
Who is Roberts?
the Lady Hermione
the Lady Hermione was rising from the table at which she had been engaged in writing something on a small slip of paper
a small slip of paper
writing something on a small slip of paper
Monna Paula
"Monna Paula," she said, "carry this paper to Roberts the cash-keeper
Monna Paula
Monna Paula left the room
money
 let them give you the money mentioned in the note
Lady Hermoine
"I do not know," she said, "Margaret, if I have done, and am doing, well in this affair. My life has been one of strange seclusion, and I am totally unacquainted with the practical ways of this world--an ignorance which I know cannot be remedied by mere reading.--I fear I am doing wrong to you
No
 I am totally unacquainted with the practical ways of this world
Yes
I fear I am doing wrong to you, and perhaps to the laws of the country which affords me refuge
her knees
throwing herself on her knees and grasping those of her benefactress
unknown
unknown
the cash-keeper
Roberts the cash-keeper