...Lilias, too, though not a murmur ever passed her lips, had bitter cause to lament her disobedient folly. She saw, in spite of all his efforts to conceal it, how dreadfully her father's anxiety for her preyed upon his feelings, and she thought with deep sorrow...

...nothing further was said on the subject. Mr. Charteris had spoken in all simplicity and good 3faith, for he had not the slightest suspicion that Ruth was...Leonard was desperately anxious. He was certain that Mr. Charteris's visit that afternoon was for the purpose of talking over business arrangements, and there...