16/16 Apropos, Kingsley, who is that mysterious woman, La Masque ?" "She is, or was (for she is dead now) a French lady, of noble birth, and the sister of Leoline!" "Her sister! And have you discovered Leoline's history ?" "I have." "And her name!" "And her name. She is Leoline De Montmorenci! And with the proudest blood of France in her veins, living obscure and unknown--a stranger in a strange land since childhood; but, with God's grace and your help, I hope to see her restored to all she has lost, before long." "You know me, then ?" said his companion, half-smiling. |