She frequently caught him watching her, and at such times his eyes, which Dorothy thought were really very fine, would glow with an ardor all too evident.

His manner was cause for amusement rather than concern, and since she felt kindly toward the new servant, she thought to create a faithful ally by treating him graciously.

She might, she thought, need Thomas's help when the time should come for her to leave Haddon Hall with John, if that happy time should ever come.

She did not realize that the most dangerous, watchful enemy to her cherished scheme would be a man who was himself in love with her, even though he were a servant, and she looked on Thomas's evident infatuation with a smile.

She did not once think that in the end it might cause her great trouble, so she accepted his mute admiration, and thought to make use of it later on.