The exquisitely, strangely fair hair, the pale-blue eyes, the gentle helpless look, all were the same.

She was very lovely, but Frances was like no other woman I had ever seen before, or have ever met with since.

I resolved to ask Lionel Damer how matters really stood between them, and, if he were not engaged to her, to try my luck.

One day when she was with us at the Hall I decided upon this.

I was told that Lionel was in the library, and went to seek him.