She and her sister were the little ladies I had seen in my childhood.

The St.John family were their cousins, and as the boy, of whom mention has been made, did die in Madeira, the property eventually came to Frances Chislett and her sister.

The estate was sold, and they were co-heiresses.

Adeline, the other sister, soon came to the Towers.

She was more like her old self than Frances.