“He was with you in Vermont?”
“Oh, yes; we had a cottage, and he stayed there while I was in the hospital during my confinement. The house was near by, and he could come to see me at any time.”
“Well, I can’t understand his turning against her later. Do they look alike?”
“No,—that is, they have similar coloring, but no real resemblance.”
“Betty doesn’t look like you, either?”
“Not specially. Though I can’t see resemblances as some people do. She was——”
“Is, Mrs Varian!”
“Well, then, Betty is a dear, pretty, sweet-faced girl, healthy and happy, but not remarkable in any way.”
“Did she inherit your disposition or her father’s?”
“Neither particularly. But I don’t think a young girl often shows definite or strong traits of character.”