But the life of Mrs.Belgrave was so circumspect, so far removed from anything suspicious, and her bearing was so evidently that of a woman of pure character and high ideals that speculation died out after a year or two, and the people gave up the finding out of her history as a thing impossible of achievement.

With seemingly unlimited money at her command, all of Bernard's needs were supplied and his lightest wishes gratified.

Mrs.Belgrave was a woman with very superior education.

The range of her reading was truly remarkable.

She possessed the finest library ever seen in the northern section of Virginia, and all the best of the latest books were constantly arriving at her home.