She was now the friend and sympathizer of Lady Rosamond Bereford, not the childish maiden as when first introduced, but a lovely, gifted, talented and accomplished woman, whose mind matured with her years.

Time has not lain heavily on her hands, she having labored assiduously in exercising those talents committed to her keeping.

In after years we find the following: "Her gifts were so varied that she was both a composer and musician, a novelist and poet." The friend of Lady Rosamond Bereford was not to be affected by the emotions of Lady Rosamond Seymour.

The past was a sealed casket, forever sacred to the intrusion of the present.

This was the state of feeling that existed between those noble women as they ministered to the wants of Gerald Bereford.
What fervent prayers were offered for the dutiful and self-sacrificing wife as she tried to win a smile from the patient invalid.