Ronicky Doone is a different sort of man, don't you think?" "Very different, dear.

Lorna Doone is the most famous of his heroines, but in "Cradock Nowell," a fine tale of the New Forest, in "Alice Lorraine," a story of the South Downs, and in "The Maid of Sker," he has depicted womanly types equal in charm to Lorna.

Sir Ensor Doone was dead, and Carver Doone was now the leader; and he was trying to starve Lorna into agreeing to marry him.

" "You think Ronicky Doone is a gambler?"

Indeed, if to play a game of chance is to commit a sin, Ronicky Doone was a very great sinner.

Ronicky Doone, if this were he, was certainly the prince of all wild riders.

In a word Ronicky Doone was a dandy, but he had this peculiarity, that he seemed to dress to please himself rather than the rest of the world.