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Molyneux saw a good deal of Hope Thellusson during the next day or two, and the more he saw of her the more he was attracted by the irresistible charm of her personality. It seemed inconceivable that she should be a blood relation of such a man as Sir Francis Maynard. He spoke to her and told her so one afternoon when they were out riding together.
Hope Thellusson was able to explain to him that his feelings in the matter were amply justified. She was not really a niece of Sir Francis or even a blood relation of his at all. Her mother, one of the Leighs, of Longford, had married Mr. Thellusson, a widower of forty, whose first wife had been a Mrs. Peignton, a widow with an only brother to whom she was attached. That brother was now Sir Francis Maynard.