She was handsome in a queer, foreign way not so uncommon along the coasts of Devonshire and Cornwall, and she had good hair, and was always well dressed.

Moreover, she was friendly.

And at that point Durrance's knowledge of her came to an end.

Perhaps her chief merit in his eyes was that she had made friends with Ethne Eustace.

But he was to become better acquainted with Mrs.Adair.He rode away from the park with the old regret in his mind that the fortunes of himself and his friend were this morning finally severed.