Miss Farrell greeted him and his comrades with her best smiles; and Nelly observed her closely, as she stood laughing and talking among them.

Sir William's sister was in uniform, if it could be called a uniform.

She wore a nurse's cap and apron over a pale blue dress of some soft crapey material.

The cap was a square of fine lawn, two corners of which were fastened under the chin with a brooch consisting of one large pearl.

The open throat showed a single string of fine pearls, and diamonds sparkled in the small ears.
Edging the cap on the temples and cheeks were little curls--a la Henrietta Maria--and the apron, also of the finest possible lawn, had a delicately embroidered edge.