I advertised for her, I offered large rewards, but I have never gleaned the least news of her; no one could ever find her.

Her husband, it appeared, had been guilty of crime.

My opinion is that the poor woman fled in shame from the neighborhood where she was known, and that both she and my dear child are dead." "It seems most probable," observed Lord Arleigh.
"If I could arrive at any certainty as to her fate," said the earl, "I should be a happier man.

I have been engaged to my cousin Lady Lily Gordon for four years, but I cannot make up my mind to marry until I hear something certain about my daughter.".