If he hadn't, I feel sure he wouldn't go to Rivenoak." The girl mused, smiling self-consciously.
"I had better tell you the truth, Mrs.Toplady," were her next words, in a burst of confidence.

"I think Lord Dymchurch is very nice--as a friend.

But only as a friend." "Thank you for your confidence, May.

Do you know that I suspected something of the kind." "I want to be friends with him," pursued May, impulsively.

"I shall get him to tell me all about himself, and we shall see what he can do.