Sir Thomas is very well, and so also is Lady Fitzgerald; but I do not feel the same interest about them that I do about you.

And they are such humdrum, quiet-going people.

As for Herbert, I'm afraid he'll turn out a prig." "Well, Mr.Fitzgerald, if you give me the right I shall use it." And getting up from her chair, and coming to him where he stood, she looked kindly into his face.

It was a bonny, handsome face for a woman to gaze on, and there was much kindness in hers as she smiled on him.

Nay, there was almost more than kindness, he thought, as he caught her eye.