Still, it shows plainly enough that Clyne, for all our suspicions, is innocent." "And Rhoda, the sharp servant girl, guilty," said Lucian, reflectively.
"I never should have thought that she was involved in the matter.

How the deuce did she come to confess ?" "Well," said Link, clearing his throat as a preliminary to his narrative, "it seems that Mr.Bensusan, in a fit of philanthropy, picked up this wretched girl in the country.

She belonged to some gypsies, but as her parents were dead, and the child a burden, the tribe were glad to get rid of her.

Rhoda Stanley--that is her full name--was taken to London by Mrs.Bensusan, who tried to civilise her." "I don't think she succeeded very well, Link.

Rhoda, with her cunning ways and roaming about at night, was always a savage at heart.