And now, in this last act of her life, she had allowed herself to be persuaded to give up her daughter by the baneful wiles of this most pernicious woman.

Such were the workings of the Duke's mind when the young man told him that Mrs.Finn was acquainted with the whole affair.

As the reader is aware, nothing could have been more unjust.
"I mentioned her name," said Tregear, "because I thought she had been a friend of the family." "That will do, sir.

I have been greatly pained as well as surprised by what I have heard.

Of the real state of the case I can form no opinion till I see my daughter.