To my mind there is something very false about them both." "I think you are wrong, Anne; certainly as regards Maude." Miss Ashton did not press her opinion: they were his relatives.

"But I should have pitied poor Edward had he lived and married her," she said, following out her thoughts.
"I was mistaken when I thought Maude cared for Edward," observed Lord Hartledon.

"I'm sure I did think it.

I used to tell Edward so; but a day or two after he died I found I was wrong.

The dowager had been urging Maude to like him, and she could not, and it made her miserable." "Did Maude tell you this ?" inquired Anne; her radiant eyes full of surprise.
"Not Maude: she never said a word to me upon the subject.