Was that his daughter who went out just now ?" "Yes, that was his daughter." "Then she is pretty--almost as pretty as--Thank you, sir.

I will go along now.

I'm staying not far from here, and I come out when I get the chance to watch the squirrels in the Square." The explanation sounded simple enough; yet he suspected, though he could not have defined his reason, that she was not telling the truth.

Again he asked himself if she could have known Gideon Vetch in the past?
It was possible; it was not even improbable.

Once, even ten or fifteen years ago, she may have been handsome in her coarse and showy style; and he had no proof, except Patty, that the Governor had ever possessed a fastidious taste.
The woman had turned with furtive haste in the direction of the outer gate; and when Stephen started on again toward the library, he crossed a man who was rapidly ascending the brick walk from the fountain at the foot of the hill.