"On a dark night one would fall down these stairs head foremost,"to which a woman's voice added, "And be killed."As she spoke the last words the woman stood in the doorway. Tall,large-eyed, draped in purple shawls, Mrs. Ambrose was romantic and beautiful;not perhaps sympathetic, for her eyes looked straight and consideredwhat they saw. Her face was much warmer than a Greek face; on theother hand it was much bolder than the face of the usual pretty Englishwoman.