'There's 'good-night' yet, Mrs.
Ormonde!' 'Why, of course there is,' she laughed; 'but that's no reason why I shouldn't say good-bye.' She took Thyrza's hand and led her down.
'You shall have some supper with me afterwards,' she said 'The little ones have theirs now; but it's too early for you.' If the drawing-room had been a marvel to Thyrza in the daylight, it was yet more so now that she entered it and found two delicately shaded lamps giving a rich uncertainty to all the beautiful forms of furniture and ornaments.

She had thought the Grails' parlour luxurious.

And the dear old easy-chair, now so familiar to her, how humble it was compared with this in which Mrs.Ormonde seated her! These wonders caused her no envy or uneasy desire.

In looking at a glorious altarpiece, one does not feel unhappy because one cannot carry it off from the church and hang it up at home.

Thyrza's mood was purely of admiration, and of joy in being deemed worthy to visit such scenes.