Confused, indeed, grew she: for, alas! she had changed and partly spent it.

_How_ was it possible to ask Lady Mount Severn for money?
And the earl was nearly always away.

Mr.Carlyle saw her embarrassment, though he may not have detected its cause.
"What a fine boy!" exclaimed he, looking at the child.
"It is Lord Vane," said Isabel.
"A truthful, earnest spire, I am sure," he continued, gazing at his open countenance.

"How old are you, my little man ?" "I am six, sir; and my brother was four." Isabel bent over the child--an excuse to cover her perplexity.

"You do not know this gentleman, William.