We are sure of it, and we will have you of our mind." The fair and animated speaker could not help noticing the blushes that mantled Alizon's cheeks as she spoke, but she attributed them to other than the true cause.

Nor did she mend the matter as she proceeded.
"I am sure you are well born, Alizon," she said, "and so it will be found in the end.

And Richard thinks so, too, for he said so to me; and Richard is my oracle, Alizon." In spite of herself Alizon's eyes sparkled with pleasure; but she speedily checked the emotion.
"I must not indulge the dream," she said, with a sigh.
"Why not ?" cried Dorothy.

"I will have strict inquiries made as to your history." "I cannot consent to it," replied Alizon.

"I cannot leave one who, if she be not my parent, has stood to me in that relation.