"People do not always speak the truth--do they ?" The young lady turned red with embarrassment, while an unnatural smile played upon her lips.
"But--but what is the use of talking then ?" he asked.

No one seemed disposed to answer.
"It is strange," he continued, with childlike naivete, turning to the young lady sitting at his left, "you have been laughing as if you were very happy, but you have felt more like weeping.

This must be a very sad world!" He ceased speaking as if some suspicion of the pain his words were causing had suddenly come to him.
The whole company turned its eyes upon the two.

The young lady's face became suddenly pale and almost horror-stricken.

Rayel's words were spoken in such a gentle and sympathetic manner that every one was mystified.
"Have you read about the great robbery that occurred last night ?" asked Mr.Paddington, with the evident purpose of diverting attention from the young lady.