Mrs. Denys is, I believe, a thoroughly efficient housekeeper, but" he paused impressively"her presence is a disturbing element with which I would gladly dispense.

"The Evesham crest, Mrs. Denys, is a gentleman with horns and hoofs and under him the one expressive word, 'Cave.'

Avery Denys was a woman who had left her girlhood wholly behind her.

"I engaged Mrs. Denys to be a help to you, not exclusively to Jeanie.