No jewelers' or milliners' bills were among the papers found in her desk.

Not a sign of secret extravagance in dress was to be seen anywhere.

Defeated so far, the police proposed next to have Isabel privately watched.

There might be a prodigal lover somewhere in the background, with ruin staring him in the face unless he could raise five hundred pounds.

Lady Lydiard (who had only consented to the search under stress of persuasive argument from Mr.Troy) resented this ingenious idea as an insult.