He had forgiven his old enemies and forgotten his old grievances, and seemed every way reconciled to a world in which he was going to count as an active force.

He was inexhaustibly loquacious and fantastic, and as Cecilia said, he had suddenly become so good that it was only to be feared he was going to start not for Europe but for heaven.

He took long walks with Rowland, who felt more and more the fascination of what he would have called his giftedness.

Rowland returned several times to Mrs.Hudson's, and found the two ladies doing their best to be happy in their companion's happiness.

Miss Garland, he thought, was succeeding better than her demeanor on his first visit had promised.