So this dear, deluded old gentleman, having failed to secure a 'rune' in Java, brought back something equally cryptic--a woman?
Was the lady of his choice a native or merely an inhabitant of the island ?" "Merely an inhabitant, my dear fellow.

As a matter of fact, she is English.

Her father, a doctor, long since deceased, took her out there in her childhood.

She was none too well off, I believe; but that did not prevent her having many suitors, among whom was Mr.Bawdrey's own son, the gentleman who is anxious to have you take up this case." "Oho!" said Cleek, with a strong, rising inflection.

"So the lady was of the careful and calculating kind?
She didn't care for youth and all the rest of it when she could have papa and the money-chest without waiting.
A common enough occurrence.