It was Milly's never-laid-aside manner which did it.

The announcement of her union with Sir Arthur Bowen was received in certain New York circles with little suppressed shrieks of glee.

It had been so sharp of her to aim low and to realise so quickly that she could not aim high.

The baronetcy was a recent one, and not unconnected with trade.

Sir Arthur was not a rich man, and, had it leaked out, believed in Uncle James.