But then, was it absolutely certain that she must lose the lover that so completely suited her taste?
Mrs.
Davis said it was.

Norah herself, confiding, as it is so natural that ladies should do, a little too much in her own beauty, thought that she couldn't but have a chance left.

She also had her high aspirations; she desired to rise in the world, to leave goes of gin and screws of tobacco behind her, and to reach some position more worthy of the tastes of a woman.

'Excelsior,' translated doubtless into excellent Irish, was her motto also.

It would be so great a thing to be the wife of Charles Tudor, Esq., of the Civil Service, and more especially as she dearly and truly loved the same Charles Tudor in her heart of hearts.
She knew, however, that it was not for her to indulge in the luxury of a heart, if circumstances absolutely forbade it.