"I _am_ a colored girl." She spoke so earnestly that the lady began to doubt the evidence of her own eyes.

"But you told me that Mr.Alfred Royal was your father," said she.
"So he was my father," replied Flora; "and the kindest father that ever was.

Rosa and I were brought up like little princesses, and we never knew that we were colored.

My mother was the daughter of a rich Spanish gentleman named Gonsalez.

She was educated in Paris, and was elegant and accomplished.