It was just Timothy of the gray eyes come back again--not Elaine so much now, not at all, in fact, except in the line of the throat.
His solid, coarse voice was a little husky, and those who knew him well would have been aware that James Anderton was greatly moved as he bid his stepdaughter welcome.
And when she had gone off to her room, accompanied by the boisterous Mabel and Ethel, he said to his wife: "Lu, you must get the girl some decent clothes.

She looks confoundedly a lady, but that rubbish isn't fair to her.

Rig her out as good as the rest--no expense spared.

See to it to-morrow, my dear." And Mrs.Anderton promised.

She adored shopping, and this would be a labor of love.