She is a busy woman and so am I, but we generally stay at the Wood House once a year, and Elizabeth comes to me for a few days' rest and refreshment whenever she can spare the time.

Alick teases me sometimes about my lady-love, but I assure you that he is very fond of her, and is always delighted to hear she is coming to the Manor House." Malcolm listened to this with deep interest.

It seemed to him that every one who spoke to him of Elizabeth Templeton praised her without stint or limit; she was evidently much beloved, and the very fact that a person like Mrs.Godfrey should choose her for her most trusted friend was no mean title of honour; never was there a woman more fastidious and discriminating in her ideas of female friendship.
Malcolm would willingly have heard more, but a curious sort of embarrassment and a fear of betraying too deep an interest made him speak of her sister.
"Miss Templeton seems to have a happy nature," he said a little abruptly.

"I never saw any one so perfectly peaceful and serene; it makes one better only to look at her.

Her hair is gray, and yet when she smiles one is reminded of an innocent child, it is such a perfectly radiant expression." "Yes, I know.