She drew a little breath, almost of relief.

When she was used to the idea she might even be glad that this great fortune had taken to itself wings and flitted away.

She was no longer the heiress of untold wealth.

She was simply a girl, standing on the threshold of life, and looking forward to the happiness which at that age seems almost a natural heritage.
The sense of freedom grew on her next morning, as she walked once more upon the marshes, listened to the larks, now in full song, and felt the touch of the salt wind upon her cheeks.

She had found rooms very easily, and no one had seemed to treat her coming as anything but a matter of course.