Tears quietly stole from the sad eyes and trickled down the cheeks of the maiden. He sought to console her and, to change her mind to a more cheerful subject, asked:
"Alas, I know not, save that he has gone with his brother Harry Waters to Canada to procure furs."
"Cora, what strange mystery surrounds your life?"
"I know not."
"Don't you remember aught of your mother?"
"No; I never saw her. My earliest recollections are of the theatre, where a nurse cared for me in the greenroom, while my father performed on the stage."
"Does he never talk of her?"
"My mother?"
"Yes."