They would be helpless in the hands of a desperate fellow like this Notting Hill criminal if he could once effect an entrance.

Both Sir Henry and I were concerned at their situation, and it was suggested that Perkins the groom should go over to sleep there, but Stapleton would not hear of it.
The fact is that our friend, the baronet, begins to display a considerable interest in our fair neighbour.

It is not to be wondered at, for time hangs heavily in this lonely spot to an active man like him, and she is a very fascinating and beautiful woman.

There is something tropical and exotic about her which forms a singular contrast to her cool and unemotional brother.

Yet he also gives the idea of hidden fires.