Parental love overcame her weakness.

Sir Thomas alone possessed the key that gained access to her feelings.

He alone could turn aside the channel of her resisting thoughts and mark the course for the tide of conflicting torrents as they surge madly on.
Maude Bereford is once more cheered in the daily companionship of Lady Rosamond.

In their girlish and pretty ways those lovely girls form a pleasing picture to grace the interior and surroundings of Chesley Manor.

Maude has a gentle and lovable disposition which wins the admiration of both sexes.