But she sighed, womanlike, at the thought of the little Paul--( how beautiful he must have been as a child!)--being brought up by servants and hirelings in a lonely house, his very guardian taking no concern in his welfare.
Thus it came about that, from the exiguous material supplied by Paul, Miss Winwood, not doubting his gentle birth and breeding, constructed for him a wholly fictitious set of antecedents.

Paul invented as little as possible and gratefully accepted her suggestions.

They worked together unconsciously.

Paul had to give some account of himself.

He had blotted Bludston and his modeldom out of his existence.