She had grown to depend upon him, and she did it with all the blind confidence of youth.

To lose him was a serious disaster.

She had never before felt the sensation, and she thought it most disagreeable.

Her youthful diplomatists and admirers could not at all fill Carrington's place.

They danced and chirruped cheerfully on the hollow crust of society, but they were wholly useless when one suddenly fell through and found oneself struggling in the darkness and dangers beneath.