'I know that as well as you do.

Come along--I'm ready to go with you.' It isn't agreeable to my self-esteem to own it, but I expected to hear her say that she would consent to any sacrifice for the sake of her dear daughter.

No such clap-trap as that passed her lips.

She owned the true motive with a superiority to cant which won my sincerest respect.

'I'll do anything,' she said, 'to baffle Herbert Linley and the spies he has set to watch us.' I can't tell you how glad I was that she had her reward on the same day.