Far away to the other side of the world as they were, in smoky rooms, and grey medieval courts, they appeared remarkable figures, free-spoken men with whom one could be at ease; incomparably more subtle in emotion than the people here.

They gave him, certainly, what no woman could give him, not Helen even.

Warming at the thought of them, he went on to lay his case before Mrs.Ambrose.Should he stay on at Cambridge or should he go to the Bar?
One day he thought one thing, another day another.

Helen listened attentively.

At last, without any preface, she pronounced her decision.
"Leave Cambridge and go to the Bar," she said.