Palgrave of Lincoln told me that he had been engaged to a lady, and that just before the wedding-day the engagement was broken off; no one seemed to know the rights of it, but ever since he has been a little shy of petticoats." "Cedric, I am sure it is time for us to dress for dinner, the gong must have sounded long ago.

Will you show Mr.Herrick his room ?" Dinah spoke with gentle decision, and as she evidently expected Malcolm to join her, he rose from his seat.

As he did so he heard Elizabeth say in a low voice to Mr.Carlyon, "I wonder if Cedric's story is a true one." "Very possibly--why not ?" was the answer; "he looks like a man with a past," and then they dropped behind and he heard no more.
It is never well to form an opinion too soon; before the next half-hour had passed Malcolm had been compelled to readjust his ideas on the subject of Miss Elizabeth Templeton.

When he saw her again he would hardly have recognised her.

Her massive but well-proportioned figure looked to its best advantage in the black evening dress; the transparent material only set off the round white throat and finely-moulded arms to perfection.