"It is not well bred of you to refer to the misfortunes of my family," she said; "my mother and brother were unlucky.

They were innocent of this charge of coining, brought against them by an enemy." "The evidence was very plain, Mrs.Herne." "Ah!" she flashed out, "you have been looking up the case.

Why ?" "From what Lord Caranby said--" "He has no right to say anything," cried Mrs.Herne, rising and speaking vehemently; "he loved my sister, and she lost her life at that dreadful house.

I was abroad at the time, and had only just married.
My husband was a jeweller.

We cut ourselves off from the family when the misfortune came.