"I amverymuchdistressedaboutitall," murmuredMrs. Baxter.She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes,and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.