Do you observe anything odd about her appearance ?" "She is somewhat the same type," I began, "as Mrs.--" Before I could get out the words "Le Geyt," her warning eye and puckering forehead had stopped me.

"As the lady we were discussing," she interposed, with a quiet wave of one hand.

"Yes, in some points very much so.

You notice in particular her scanty hair--so thin and poor--though she is young and good-looking ?" "It is certainly rather a feeble crop for a woman of her age," I admitted.

"And pale at that, and washy." "Precisely.