Is Lady Newhaven in the drawing-room ?" "Yes, I heard her singing 'The Lost Chord' not ten minutes ago." "I will go up to her," said Rachel.
"I do believe," said Lord Newhaven, when Rachel had departed, "that she has an affection for Miss Gresley." "It is not necessary to be a detective in plain clothes to see that," said Dick.
"No.

It generally needs to be a magnifying-glass to see a woman's friendship, and then they are only expedients till we arrive, Dick.

You need not he jealous of Miss Gresley.

Miss West will forget all about her when she is Mrs.Vernon." "She does not seem very keen about that," said Dick, grimly.

"I'm only marking time.