I am very glad indeed to hear that you have such a pleasant position.

And your father?
It is very long since I heard from him." "He has a curacy at Liverpool, and seems to be all right.

My mother died about two years ago." The matter-of-fact tone in which this information was imparted caused Mr.Lashmar to glance at the speaker's face.

Though very little of an observer, he was comforted by an assurance that Miss Bride's features were less impassive than her words.

Indeed, the cold abruptness with which she spoke was sufficient proof of feeling roughly subdued.
Some six years had now elapsed since the girl's father, after acting for a short time as curate to Mr.Lashmar, accepted a living in another county.