I remember the time when you were the happiest creature living.

Do you remember it, too ?" "Don't ask me!" was all she could say.
He sighed as he looked at her.

"It's dreadful to think of your young life, that ought to be so bright, wasting and withering among strangers." He said those words with increasing agitation; his eyes rested on her eagerly with a wild look in them.

She made a resolute effort to speak to him coldly--she called him "Mr.Linley"-- she bade him good-by.
It was useless.

He stood between her and the door; he disregarded what she had said as if he had not heard it.