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"
Had
the
young
lady
not
worn
a
mask
,
I
could
,
of
course
,
have
been
much
more
certain
upon
the
question
whether
she
was
really
watching
my
poor
darling
.
"
I
am
now
well
assured
that
she
was
.
"
We
were
now
in
one
of
the
salons
.
My
poor
dear
child
had
been
dancing
,
and
was
resting
a
little
in
one
of
the
chairs
near
the
door
;
I
was
standing
near
.
The
two
ladies
I
have
mentioned
had
approached
and
the
younger
took
the
chair
next
my
ward
;
while
her
companion
stood
beside
me
,
and
for
a
little
time
addressed
herself
,
in
a
low
tone
,
to
her
charge
.
"
Availing
herself
of
the
privilege
of
her
mask
,
she
turned
to
me
,
and
in
the
tone
of
an
old
friend
,
and
calling
me
by
my
name
,
opened
a
conversation
with
me
,
which
piqued
my
curiosity
a
good
deal
.
She
referred
to
many
scenes
where
she
had
met
me
--
at
Court
,
and
at
distinguished
houses
.
She
alluded
to
little
incidents
which
I
had
long
ceased
to
think
of
,
but
which
,
I
found
,
had
only
lain
in
abeyance
in
my
memory
,
for
they
instantly
started
into
life
at
her
touch
.
"
I
became
more
and
more
curious
to
ascertain
who
she
was
,
every
moment
.
She
parried
my
attempts
to
discover
very
adroitly
and
pleasantly
.
The
knowledge
she
showed
of
many
passages
in
my
life
seemed
to
me
all
but
unaccountable
;
and
she
appeared
to
take
a
not
unnatural
pleasure
in
foiling
my
curiosity
,
and
in
seeing
me
flounder
in
my
eager
perplexity
,
from
one
conjecture
to
another
.
"
In
the
meantime
the
young
lady
,
whom
her
mother
called
by
the
odd
name
of
Millarca
,
when
she
once
or
twice
addressed
her
,
had
,
with
the
same
ease
and
grace
,
got
into
conversation
with
my
ward
.
"
She
introduced
herself
by
saying
that
her
mother
was
a
very
old
acquaintance
of
mine
.
She
spoke
of
the
agreeable
audacity
which
a
mask
rendered
practicable
;
she
talked
like
a
friend
;
she
admired
her
dress
,
and
insinuated
very
prettily
her
admiration
of
her
beauty
.
She
amused
her
with
laughing
criticisms
upon
the
people
who
crowded
the
ballroom
,
and
laughed
at
my
poor
child
's
fun
.
She
was
very
witty
and
lively
when
she
pleased
,
and
after
a
time
they
had
grown
very
good
friends
,
and
the
young
stranger
lowered
her
mask
,
displaying
a
remarkably
beautiful
face
.
I
had
never
seen
it
before
,
neither
had
my
dear
child
.
But
though
it
was
new
to
us
,
the
features
were
so
engaging
,
as
well
as
lovely
,
that
it
was
impossible
not
to
feel
the
attraction
powerfully
.
My
poor
girl
did
so
.
I
never
saw
anyone
more
taken
with
another
at
first
sight
,
unless
,
indeed
,
it
was
the
stranger
herself
,
who
seemed
quite
to
have
lost
her
heart
to
her
.
"
In
the
meantime
,
availing
myself
of
the
license
of
a
masquerade
,
I
put
not
a
few
questions
to
the
elder
lady
.
"
'
You
have
puzzled
me
utterly
,
'
I
said
,
laughing
.
'
Is
that
not
enough
?
Wo
n't
you
,
now
,
consent
to
stand
on
equal
terms
,
and
do
me
the
kindness
to
remove
your
mask
?
'
