'I have never been able to give much attention to ancestors,' she added, with her eyes on the parasol.
'These ARE your ancestors ?' he asked, for her position and tone were matters which perplexed him.

In spite of the family likeness and other details he could scarcely believe this frank and communicative country maiden to be the modern representative of the De Stancys.
'O yes, they certainly are,' she said, laughing.

'People say I am like them: I don't know if I am--well, yes, I know I am: I can see that, of course, any day.

But they have gone from my family, and perhaps it is just as well that they should have gone....

They are useless,' she added, with serene conclusiveness.
'Ah! they have gone, have they ?' 'Yes, castle and furniture went together: it was long ago--long before I was born.