25/33 "Poor fellow! I might have guessed it from what he said. I never knew of his caring for any woman before." Then Mr.Green put on his gloves and went away home. Doubtless he had hitherto known and appreciated the fact that Miss Amedroz had refused his offer, and had often declared, both to himself and to his sister, his conviction that that refusal would never be reversed. But, in spite of that expressed conviction, he had lived on hope. Till she belonged to another man she might yet be his. |