And now both charmers had vanished from the scene and had left no equals behind.

The Master, who possessed the same sort of tact in training young women that Lord Melbourne showed in educating the girl-Queen, was left without his most engaging occupation.
Ah!--that good fellow, Sorell, was bringing her up to him.
"Master, Lady Constance would like to be introduced to you." The Master was immensely flattered.

Why should she wish to be introduced to such an old fogey?
But there she was, smiling at him.
"You knew my father.

I am sure you did!" His elderly heart was touched, his taste captured at once.

Sorell had engineered it all perfectly.