But I have seen her repeatedly." "Do you like her ?" "Yes and no.

I think I am sorry for her." Mary had spoken with her eyes on the pavement.

At this she looked up.
"Sorry for her?
Why ?" "Well--she is unhappy." "What are her misfortunes ?" "Well--she has a horrible mother, and she has had a most injurious education." For a moment Miss Garland was silent.

Then, "Is n't she very beautiful ?" she asked.
"Don't you think so ?" "That 's measured by what men think! She is extremely clever, too." "Oh, incontestably." "She has beautiful dresses." "Yes, any number of them." "And beautiful manners." "Yes--sometimes." "And plenty of money." "Money enough, apparently." "And she receives great admiration." "Very true." "And she is to marry a prince." "So they say." Miss Garland rose and turned to rejoin her companions, commenting these admissions with a pregnant silence.

"Poor Miss Light!" she said at last, simply.