But all was motionless and still, save the sound of a banjo from the group of servants.

"How I wish I could hear that voice again!" she thought to herself.

"It's very singular Gerald should appear so indifferent to it.

What can be the meaning of it ?" She pondered for a few minutes, and then she tried to play; but not finding it entertaining without an auditor, she soon rose, and, drawing aside one of the curtains, looked out upon the lovely night.
The grand old trees cast broad shadows on the lawn, and the shrubbery of the garden gleamed in the soft moonlight.

She felt solitary without any one to speak to, and, being accustomed to have her whims gratified, she was rather impatient under the prohibition laid upon her.