He could not marry her without the consent of her guardian, and to ask for it was, of course, nonsense.

He would bind her to himself with the most solemn of promises, and the very day she was of age they would be married.

As he walked toward his humble lodgings he amused himself by thinking what he should do when he became master of Hanton Hall.

No sentiment troubled Allan Lyster; he could make love in any style he liked to anyone who suited him.

As to any remorse over the girl his sister had betrayed and they had both deceived, he felt none.
"How do you like him, Marion ?" asked Adelaide Lyster, as the two walked home.
"He is very handsome and very clever," was the grave reply.
"Add to that--he is more deeply in love than any man ever was yet," said Miss Lyster, laughingly.