It was that of a young girl, with very fair flaxen hair, curling in profuse ringlets on each side of her face, which was exquisitely fair, and lighted up with a soft rosiness like the dawning of morning.

A blue scarf, of the color of her eyes, floated over her shoulders and fluttered from the window of the carriage.

As I gazed on this bright apparition, Richard, to my astonishment, lifted his hat from his brow and bowed low to the smiling stranger, who returned the salutation with graceful ease.

The lady on the opposite side was hidden by the fair-haired girl, and both were soon hidden by the thick branches that curtained the road.
"The Linwoods!" said Richard, glancing merrily at the tin pail, which shone so conspicuously bright in the sunshine.

"You must have heard of them ?" "Never." "Not heard of the new-comers! Haven't you heard that Mrs.Linwood has purchased the famous old Grandison Place, that has stood so long in solitary grandeur, had it fitted up in modern style, and taken possession of it for a country residence?
Is it possible that you are such a little nun, that you have heard nothing of this ?" "I go nowhere; no one comes to see us; I might as well be a nun." "But at school ?" "I have not been since last autumn.