Perhaps it was a pity that her mother had unsuspectingly put the scheme into her head! However, the deed was done.

Hilda generally acted first and reflected afterwards.

She was frightened, but rather by the unknown than by anything she could define.
"You've come about the property ?" said Mr.Cannon amiably, in a matter-of-fact tone.
He had deep black eyes, and black hair, like Hilda's; good, regular teeth, and a clear complexion; perhaps his nose was rather large, but it was straight.

With his large pale hands he occasionally stroked his long soft moustache; the chin was blue.

He was smartly dressed in dark blue; he had a beautiful neck-tie, and the genuine whiteness of his wristbands was remarkable in a district where starched linen was usually either grey or bluish.