There was never the slightest stiffness; if one woman was there for the first time, and a stranger, Mrs.Hermann and her daughters saw that there were plenty of introductions and an escort engaged to take the lady to the supper room.

Mrs.Hermann in those early days, often took me to drive in the park--a great treat.

We chatted merrily together, and I still fancied I knew her.

But her own family did not know of her great benefactions; her son only knew by looking over her check books, after her death, how much she had given away.

Far from blazoning it abroad, she insisted on secrecy.