Again Miss Helstone returned thanks. She thought what a kind heart was hidden under her visitor's seeming chilliness. Observing that Mrs. Pryor again glanced with an air of interest towards the portraits, as she walked down the room, Caroline casually explained: "The likeness that hangs near the window, you will see, is my uncle, taken twenty years ago; the other, to the left of the mantelpiece, is his brother James, my father."

Miss Helstone thanked her, thinking what a kind heart was hidden under her visitor's seeming chilliness. Observing that Mrs. Pryor again glanced at the portraits, Caroline explained:
"The likeness that hangs near the window, you will see, is my uncle, taken twenty years ago; the other is his brother James, my father."
