"What about your new friend Sir Eustace Studley's sister?
Wouldn't she be interested to hear of her?
Poor soul, it's lamentably sad to think that she should be mentally deranged.

Some unfortunate strain in the family, I should say, to judge by the younger brother's appearance also." Dinah's green eyes gleamed a little.

"I don't see anything very unusual about him," she remarked.

"There are plenty of little men in the world." "And crippled ?" smiled Rose.
"I shouldn't call him a cripple," rejoined Dinah quickly.

"He is quite active." "Many cripples are, dear," Rose pointed out.