"I know of nothing except what the world knows. She was anxious to befriend those whom such a place as this would help, so she built it. She also keeps the house at Vale Linden open; that is, she invites all sorts of people there as her guests. She has been a Lady Bountiful to the district."
"Distributes tracts, and all that?"
"I do not know. She has never given me one."
"She is simply one of these 'viewy' women, then?"
"She must have views, certainly, else she would not have done what she has."
Signor Ricordo laughed quietly.
"I think I see," he said presently.
"What do you see?"
"Her motives."
"What are they, then?" asked Briarfield almost angrily.