If any one wanted to win a smile from her lovely lips, he had but to make way for Lord Arleigh; if any man wanted a kind word, or a kind glance from the beautiful eyes, he had but to praise Lord Arleigh.

People soon perceived all this.

The last to discover it was Lord Arleigh himself.

It dawned but slowly upon him.

He began to perceive also that Philippa, after a fashion of her own, appropriated him.