Until I arrived in London with an heiress under my charge, I had no idea that I was such a popular person." The girl who was sitting on the other side of their host spoke almost for the first time.

She was evidently quite young, and her pale cheeks, dark full eyes, and occasional gestures, indicated clearly enough something foreign in her nationality.

She addressed no one in particular, but she looked toward Forrest.
"That is one of the things," she said, "which puzzles me.

I do not understand it at all.

It seems as though every one is liked or disliked, here in London at any rate, according to the amount of money they have." "Upon my word, Miss Jeanne, it isn't so with every one," Lord Ronald interposed hastily.
She glanced at him indifferently.
"There may be exceptions," she said.