And--I am not poor--and I don't give all my money away." Miss Vincent surveyed her gayly.
"Well, I come here," (she looked significantly round the luxurious room), "and I am very good friends with the Marshams.

Oliver Marsham is one of the persons from whom I hope most." "Not in pulling down wealth--and property!" cried Diana.
"Why not?
Every revolution has its Philippe Egalite Oh, it will come slowly--it will come slowly," said the other, quietly.

"And of course there will be tragedy--there always is--in everything.

But not, I hope, for you--never for you!" And once more her hand dropped softly on Diana's.
"You were happy to-night ?--you enjoyed the dance ?" The question, so put, with such a look, from another mouth, would have been an impertinence.

Diana shrank, but could not resent it.