"I expect people to look at me when people speak to me," she said.

"What are you staring at my adopted daughter for ?" "Your adopted daughter ?" Julian repeated--looking at his aunt this time, and looking very earnestly.
"Certainly! As Colonel Roseberry's daughter, she is connected with me by marriage already.

Did you think I had picked up a foundling ?" Julian's face cleared; he looked relieved.

"I had forgotten the Colonel," he answered.

"Of course the young lady is related to us, as you say." "Charmed, I am sure, to have satisfied you that Grace is not an impostor," said Lady Janet, with satirical humility.