Corabel came downstairs while Maud and Freda were in the drawing-room, talking about Dr. Hilton. She glided in, and sitting down near one of the windows, began to crochet. When Freda questioned her eagerly about her headache, she replied it was nearly gone.
Born in London in 1822, Elizabeth Anna Hart was the daughter of a clergyman, critic and poet. Her aunt was Lewis Carroll's grandmother. She married an officer in the Indian Army, but had no children. She is perhaps best remembered for the children's story, The Runaway (1872), and for the adult novel Mrs Jerningham's Journal. She died in 1890.