"Have you any proof to produce," he added, in his gentler voice, "which will satisfy us that you are Colonel Roseberry's daughter ?" Grace looked at him indignantly.

"Proof!" she repeated.

"Is my word not enough ?" Julian kept his temper perfectly.

"Pardon me," he rejoined, "you forget that you and Lady Janet meet now for the first time.

Try to put yourself in my aunt's place.