He seemed to her, notwithstanding his eccentricities, a man of such truth, fervor, and earnestness of character, that she liked him better than she was willing to admit to herself.

Now that he was an object of universal suspicion, her courageous and generous heart espoused his cause vehemently.

She stood ready to do anything in the world for him.

Anything but what he had asked her to do.

Why she did not like to carry messages from him to Miss Minorkey she did not know.