Beatrice Faulkner paused a moment, on her way down the great staircase, to gaze curiously at the footman in the lower hall.
She descended the few remaining steps, her eyes still fixed on the astonishing sight of a footman\'s back, when he should have been standin.
Faulkner had often taken advantage of this knowledge, there was no such thought in her mind just now.
A perfectly designed and nobly proportioned staircase is perhaps the finest indoor background for a beautiful woman, but though Mrs.
Beatrice Faulkner paused a moment, on her way down the great staircase, to gaze curiously at the footman in the lower hall