Whether she will ever find it or not is another matter; but I can hardly believe she can succeed after the thorough search Tallboys said he made of the house.

Still that is what she means, I have not a shadow of doubt about it." "I should never have thought for a moment she was the sort of woman to undertake such a thing," Mrs.Withers said.

"Why, she will have to do servant's work, and to run all sorts of risks of being found out, and then I don't know what they mightn't do to her!" "I don't see that they could do much, my dear, unless perhaps they prosecuted her for obtaining the place with a false character, which I suppose she must have done.

Still it required no ordinary pluck for a woman to undertake such a scheme, and it will require patience and nerve to carry it through; but I don't know that I agree with you that she is not the sort of woman I should have thought capable of undertaking such a business.

She was quiet enough when we met her in the town; but I believe from what I have heard that she was a high-spirited girl, and when we saw her, you know, she was on the eve of parting with her son.