But fence she did; Mrs.Hanway-Harley remembered that she was a mother, an American mother whose daughter had been asked in wedlock by a Count.

She must protect that daughter from the wizard who would only love to blight.
Mrs.Hanway-Harley never spoke to more advantage.

She did not doubt Mr.
Storms's honesty, she did not distrust his love; but woman could not live by love alone, and she had her duty as a mother.

Dorothy had been lapped in luxury; it was neither right nor safe that her daughter should marry downhill.

Mrs.Hanway-Harley's voice was smoothly even.