At the time I speak of she had quite disappeared.

Mrs.Light was then a very handsome girl, though by no means so handsome as her daughter has now become.

Mr.Light was an American consul, newly appointed at one of the Adriatic ports.

He was a mild, fair-whiskered young man, with some little property, and my impression is that he had got into bad company at home, and that his family procured him his place to keep him out of harm's way.

He came up to Rome on a holiday, fell in love with Miss Savage, and married her on the spot.