Don't think I build my hopes on the girl.

I wrote to her, and she has written to me--not a bad sort of letter; but I know nothing about her, except that she has been well enough educated to pass an examination at London University.

That means something, I suppose, doesn't it ?" "Certainly it does," answered Constance, noting a pathetic self-subdual in the old lady's look and tone.

"For a girl, it means a good deal." "You think so ?" The bony hands were restless and tremulous; the dark eyes glistened.

"It isn't quite ordinary, is it?
But then, of course, it tells nothing about her character.