"And what awaits you if you remain faithful to your oath, and obey
the commands given you?"

"Honor and glory on earth, besides eternal blessedness in heaven."

"Then you will be a queen on earth and a queen in heaven. You know,
then, the sacred laws of the society, and you remember your oath?"

"I remember it."

"And you know that the holy Loyola, before he left us, gave the
Society of Jesus, in England, a master and general, whom all the
brethren and sisters must serve and submit to, to whom they owe
blind obedience and service without questioning?"

"I know it."

"And you know, likewise, by what sign the associates may recognize
the general?"

"By Loyola's ring, which he wears on the forefinger of his right
hand."

"Behold here this ring!" said the earl, drawing his hand out of his
doublet.

Lady Jane uttered a cry, and sank almost senseless at his feet.

Lord Douglas, smiling graciously, raised her in his arms. "You see,