At half-past four she was seated in the same chair in which Hargrave and Torrey had sat.

It was not difficult to bring up the subject of the two marriages, which were doubly to unite the houses and fortunes of Ranger and Whitney--the marriages of Arthur and Janet, of Ross and Adelaide.

"And, of course," said Mrs.Whitney, "we all want the young people started right.

I don't believe children ought to feel dependent on their parents.

It seems to me that puts filial and parental love on a very low plane.