3/9 Her eyes were large, and very peculiar, like _his_--his, you know, are very fine. She, poor lady, did not live long after the public ruin of the family.' 'And has he been recognised here? He's been lost sight of by all but a few, a very few friends. My Lord Castlemallard, who was his guardian, of course, knows; and to me he disclosed himself by letter; and we keep his secret; though it matters little who knows it, for it seems to me he's as unhappy as aught could ever make him. The townspeople take him for his cousin, who squandered his fortune in Paris; and how is he the better of their mistake, and how were he the worse if they knew him for whom he is? |