But as he walked over from Agworth this zeal cooled.

Could he trust Mutimer to appreciate his motive?
Such a man was capable of acting honourably, but the power of understanding delicacies of behaviour was not so likely to be his.
Hubert's prejudices were insuperable; to his mind class differences necessarily argued a difference in the grain.

And it was not only this consideration that grew weightier as he walked.

In the great joy of recovering his ancestral home, in the sight of his mother's profound happiness, he all but forgot the thoughts that had besieged him since his meetings with Adela in London.

As he drew near to Wanley his imagination busied itself almost exclusively with her; distrust and jealousy of Mutimer became fear for Adela's future.