"You are in such a different world from ours!" Little by little, however, the grim face began to relax under the adroit flatteries and courtly deference of the Chancellorfor none knew better than he the arts of charming, when he pleased; and it was not long before the Amazon, completely thawed, was confiding to him the most intimate details of her history and her hopes.

She had brought him from condescension to deference solely by the magic of her art.