Mr.Forster gladly helped himself to a glass.

"I would take that or anything else to give me courage," he said to himself.

"How am I to tell her?
I know not." In a quarter of an hour the door opened, and a stately lady, magnificently dressed, entered the room.

She was very dignified, of queenly presence and bearing, with the remains of great beauty in her face.
She bowed most courteously to the lawyer, and held out her white, jeweled hand.
"Good evening, Mr.Forster," she said; "your visit has taken me by surprise.

You are well.