"No."
"England is your birth-place?"
"It is."
"Have you been long here?"
"I was quite a child when I came," she answered.
"Have you lived a long while in this town?"
"Only a few months," she answered.
They had nearly reached their destination, when Cora saw her father coming toward them. At sight of his daughter's companion, the face of the father became white as death, and, bounding forward, he pulled her aside, saying:
"No, no! Cora, you shall not go another step with her!"
At sound of his voice, the woman in black seized his arm and cried: