Then he died, and I became Earl of Mountdean.

The first thing I did was to hurry to Castledene.

Can you imagine my horror when I found that all trace of my child was lost?
The poor doctor had met with some terrible death, and the woman who had charge of my little one had left the neighborhood.

Can you imagine what this blow was to me?
Since then my life has been spent in one unceasing effort to find my daughter." "How strange!" said Lord Arleigh.

"Did you not know the name of the nurse ?" "Yes, she lived at a little place called Ashwood.