Then, still more slowly, the exquisite bloom faded from the lovely face, a weary languor shone in the dark-blue eyes, the crimson lips lost their color.

Yet Lady Arleigh grew more beautiful as she grew more fragile.

Then all appetite failed her.

Mrs.Burton declared that she ate nothing.
She might have led a different life--she might have gone out into society--she might have visited and entertained guests.

People knew that Lady Arleigh was separated from her husband; they knew also that, whatever might have been the cause of separation, it had arisen from no fault of hers.