"I know--I do not wonder." "You must let me do all I can for them here," continued Lady Earle; "I have made all plans and arrangements.

We will give the children an education befitting their position, without removing them from you.
Then we shall see what time will do.

Let me see the little ones.

I wish you had called one Helena, after me." Dora remembered why she had not done so, and a flush of shame rose to her face.
They were beautiful children, and Dora brought them proudly to the stately lady waiting for them.

Lady Earle took Beatrice in her arms.
"Why, Dora," she said admiringly, "she has the Earle face, with a novel charm all its own.