Sentence:  Rudolf was the bold, bad Baron of traditional melodrama. Irene was young, as pretty as a picture, fresh from a music academy in England. He was the scion of an ancient noble family; she an <WSD>orphan</WSD> without money or friends. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.