Chapter 15 The Beauty Weeps

• Gale descended to the ground floor for his breakfast.
• The affairs of the mayor's household had set the majority of the Wheelers into motion, yet Nora's mother, Cecilia, remained, graciously attending to Gale's needs over breakfast.
• Truly, Nora's attractiveness owed a great deal to her mother's enduring beauty. Even in her middle years, her countenance possessed a smoothness and vigour reminiscent of those half her age.