But why was not the child brought over before ?" "Because--this is the really romantic part of the story--when her father died, leaving the child, she was adopted by these charitable Americans, and no one ever thought of examining the papers, which were lying in a desk, until the other day." "You have not seen the young lady." "No; he is to bring her to-morrow." "And what sort of a man is this American?
Is he a gentleman ?" "Well, I do not quite know.

Perhaps Americans are different from Englishmen.

If he was an Englishman, I should say without any hesitation that he is not a gentleman, as we count good breeding and good manners.

He is a big man, handsome and burly, and he seems good-tempered.

When I told him what was the full amount of Iris's inheritance--" "Iris's inheritance!" Arnold repeated.