"My mother came from Arles." "She was French, then ?" he exclaimed with some surprise.
"No," she answered gravely.

"She was Norwegian, because her father and mother both were of this land.

She was what they call 'born sadly.' You must not ask me any more about her, please!" Errington apologized at once with some embarrassment, and a deeper color than usual on his face.

She looked up at him quite frankly.
"It is possible I will tell you her history some day," she said, "when we shall know each other better.

I do like to talk to you very much! I suppose there are many Englishmen like you ?" Philip laughed.