"I believe you could understand me.

I have a feeling that you must have experienced something of these troubles yourself, and have overcome them.

Perhaps you could help me to understand myself." "If I thought I could, it would give me great happiness." She was silent a little, then, with diffidence which lessened as she went on, she related the history, as far as she knew it, of her childhood, and described the growth of her mind up to the time when she had left home to begin life as a governess.

It was all very simply, but very vividly, told; that natural command of impressive language which had so struck Waymark in her letters displayed itself as soon as she had gained confidence.

Glimpses of her experience Waymark had already had, but now for the first time he understood the full significance of her early years.