I don't think that he resembles Mr.Newt at all, except in complexion." Arthur Merlin heard every word, and watched every movement, and marked every expression of Hope Wayne's, at whose other hand he sat, during this little remark.

Gabriel said, in reply to it, "The truth is, Miss Wayne, you have seen him before.

The first time you ever saw me he was with me." The clear eyes of the young man were turned full upon her again.
"Oh, yes, I remember now!" she answered.

"He was your friend in that terrible battle with Abel Newt.

It seems long ago, does it not ?" However far away it may have seemed, it was apparently a remembrance that roused no especial emotion in Miss Hope Wayne's heart.