But here's the proof." And he whipped out the cornelian heart from his waistcoat pocket.

She took it in her hand, examined it, handed it back to him with a smile, a very sweet and womanly smile, with just the suspicion of mist veiling her eyes.
"I know.

The Princess has told me." "But how did she find you out--I mean as my first patroness ?" "She wrote to the vicar, Mr.Merewether--he is still at Bludston--asking who his visitor was that year and what had become of her.

So she found out it was I.I've known her off and on ever since my marriage." "You were wonderfully good to me," said Paul.

"I must have been a funny little wretch." "You've travelled far since then." "It was you that gave me my inspiration," said he.
The announcement of dinner broke the thread of the talk.