Jules La Touche, with forty thousand pounds, was not to be lightly thrown over; but she was ready at any moment to throw him over for the comparatively poor Englishman.

She had no wish to offend her lover.

Should her dearer hopes fail, he would be a most desirable party.
"What is the matter with you, Rose ?" demanded Jules, uneasily.

"You are changed.

You are not what you were in Ottawa.