I--I longed for it." "Perhaps she possessed vast estates ?" asked the girl, a slight frown gathering on her brow.
"Yes, she possessed vast estates," said Max, "but I would gladly have taken her penniless save for the fact that I am very poor, and that she would suffer for the lack of luxuries she has always known." "But how could the lady have felt sure you were not seeking her for the sake of her estates ?" asked Yolanda.
"She could not know," answered Max.

"But I sought her for her own sake and for no other reason." "What manner of person was she ?" asked Yolanda.

"Was she dark or light, short or tall, plain of feature or beautiful, amiable of temper or vixenish?
Was she like any one you have ever seen ?" She spoke in deep earnest and looked eagerly up to his face.
"She was beautiful of feature," answered Max.

"Her eyes and her hair were dark as yours are.

She was short of stature, I have been told." Yolanda laughed merrily: "I declare, Sir Max, you were in love with a lady you had never seen.