At the top of the room there he beheld it; but it was on the neck of Charlotte De Stancy.
The whole lucid explanation broke across his understanding in a second.
His dear Paula had fetched the necklace that Charlotte should not appear to disadvantage among the county people by reason of her poverty.

It was generously done--a disinterested act of sisterly kindness; theirs was the friendship of Hermia and Helena.

Before he had got further than to realize this, there wheeled round amongst the dancers a lady whose tournure he recognized well.

She was Paula; and to the young man's vision a superlative something distinguished her from all the rest.

This was not dress or ornament, for she had hardly a gem upon her, her attire being a model of effective simplicity.