She has a hobby, which she rides in secret; but some day she will let you see it.

I 'm sure that if you go in some evening unannounced, you will find her scanning the tea-leaves in her cup, or telling her daughter's fortune with a greasy pack of cards, preserved for the purpose.

She promises her a prince--a reigning prince.

But if Mrs.Light is silly, she is shrewd, too, and, lest considerations of state should deny her prince the luxury of a love-match, she keeps on hand a few common mortals.

At the worst she would take a duke, an English lord, or even a young American with a proper number of millions.