They expected her to-day.

The prospect of Irene's arrival enabled Mrs.Hannaford and Olga to find pleasure in the sunshine, which otherwise brought them little solace.
Neither was in sound health.

The mother had an interesting face; the daughter had a touch of beauty; but something morbid appeared on the countenance of each.

They lived a strange life, lonely, silent; the stillness of the house unbroken by a note of music, unrelieved by a sound of laughter.

In the neighbourhood they had no friends; only at long intervals did a London acquaintance come thus far to call upon them.