He had been with the Jesuits at Georgetown, with the Christian Brothers at Manhattan; the sectarian Mt.

St.Mary's and the severely secular Annapolis had both been tried, and proved misfits.
The young man was home again now, and save that his name had become Theodore, he appeared in no wise changed from the beautiful, wilful, bold, and showy boy who had gone away in his teens.

He was still rather small for his years, but so gracefully moulded in form, and so perfectly tailored, that the fact seemed rather an advantage than otherwise.
He never dreamed of going near the wagon-works, but he did go a good deal--in fact, most of the time--to the Nedahma Club.

His mother spoke often to her friends about her fears for his health.

He never spoke to his friends about his mother at all.
The second Mrs.Madden did not, indeed, appeal strongly to the family pride.