Though not a beauty, she is truly beautiful--beautiful in heart, beautiful in soul.

None see this mental beauty more clearly than the young mistress of the manor.

The gentle nature and simple-minded heart of Maude Bereford sees in her cousin the sweetness and worth which are so fondly adored by her brother Gerald.
That Lady Rosamond sees in her future husband all that can make the heart truly happy is a source of constant delight to her loving cousin.
Maude has not the keen perception of the nature of the human heart.
Lady Bereford was sanguine over the result of her diplomatic tact.

There lay no obstruction in the path which she had marked out for Gerald Bereford.

No rivals had given cause for offence.