This gentleman is Mr.Tottenham, who administers Her Majesty's pleasure in parts of India about Allahabad.

My daughter, Dacres.' She was certainly looking very fresh, and her calm grey eyes had the repose in them that has never known itself to be disturbed about anything.

I wondered whether she bowed so distantly also because it was Sunday, and then I remembered that Dacres was a young man, and that the Farnham ladies had probably taught her that it was right to be very distant with young men.
'It is almost eleven, mamma.' 'Yes, dear.

I see you are going to church.' 'Are you not coming, mamma ?' I was well wrapped up in an extremely comfortable corner.

I had 'La Duchesse Bleue' uncut in my lap, and an agreeable person to talk to.