Oh, Mrs.Linley, everything I said which would have made other people suspicious of me made _him_ feel for me! I began to wonder whether he was an angel or a man.

If he had not prevented it, I should have fallen on my knees before him.

Hard looks and hard words I could have endured patiently, but I had not seen a kind look, I had not heard a kind word, for more years than I can reckon up.
That is all I can say for myself; I leave the rest to your mercy." "Say my sympathy," Mrs.Linley answered, "and you need say no more..

But there is one thing I should like to know.

You have not spoken to me of your mother.