So what occurred last night brought back many painful memories." Miss Burnaby spoke very simply, but there was a note of deep sadness in her voice, and Blanche told herself that she had been wrong in regarding her as simply a dull, conventional, greedy old woman.
"I'm very sorry now that I allowed Bubbles to do it," she exclaimed.
"I'm afraid it upset your brother, too, very much ?" Again there came a curious change over Miss Burnaby's face.

She hesitated perceptibly--and then answered: "I would not say so to any of the younger people here, of course.

But, as a matter of fact, my brother had a very unpleasant experience as a young man.

He fell in love, or thought he fell in love, with a young woman.

It was a very unfortunate and tragic affair--for, Miss Farrow, the unhappy young person killed herself! I was very young at the time, and I was not supposed to know anything about it.