In this fact lay her great delight upon Captain Trevelyan's return.

Upon this fact was based the happy expectation of seeing the generous-hearted Mr.Howe.
From this source she found all that contributed to make life pleasant and enjoyable.
The possessor of those charms had no great claim to personal beauty, yet she might be called beautiful.

The regular features of her small and well formed face were devoid of any distinguishing lineaments, the deep blue eyes had a quiet, earnest light, which often shone with increasing brightness, when accompanied with the expressive smile so often bestowed upon those who dwelt within and around "The Hall." As sometimes one hears remarks paid to beauty called forth by blushes, surely in this instance we can fairly claim the compliment due Fanny Trevelyan, whose maiden blushes indeed made her appear in truth very beautiful--of the beauty which shall last when all other shall fade--of the beauty which flows from the heart, kept fresh in the daily performance of those duties that spring from the impulses of a beautiful soul.

Thus might be classified the type of beauty which adorned the sister of Captain Trevelyan--beauty of disposition--beauty of mind--beauty of soul.
During the last two years a friendship had sprung up between Fanny Trevelyan and Maude Bereford.

They had studied for a short time under the same masters, from which fact arose the present attachment.