The high, smooth forehead, the full but firm lips, the brown, well-groomed beard, were all indicative of a nature benevolent and refined.

Where did the duplicity lie?
Her mind answered its own question on the instant; it lay in the brain and the tongue.

Both were masterly weapons, an armament so complete that it controlled the face and eyes and outward man into a fair semblance of honesty.

The tongue--she remembered its insinuating and adroit power, and how it had deceived the man she had come to try and save.

She must not be misled by it.