Was Sir Lyon attracted to Helen Brabazon?
Well, Miss Brabazon, with her vast wealth, and Sir Lyon, with his fine old name, and agreeable, polished personality, would seem well matched, according to a worldly point of view.

But Panton told himself that he would _far_ prefer Lionel Varick were _he_ a young woman.

But he feared there was no hope of such a chance coming Miss Brabazon's way.

Varick's heart--his big, sensitive heart--was buried in the grave of his wife....
How strange to think that "poor Milly"-- for so had even her doctor come to call her in his own mind--had been born and brought up in this delightful old house! She had once spoken to him of her unhappy girlhood, coupling it with an expression of gratitude to her husband for having so changed her life.
"Poor Milly" was very present to Dr.Panton to-night.

He, who had hardly given her a thought during the last twelve months, found himself dwelling on her to an almost uncanny extent.