She was willing enough to ask questions about the Mallingham tenants;--but Mr.Cooper would revert back to the old days, and so conversation was at an end.
Morton tried to make himself agreeable to his left-hand neighbour,--trying also very hard to make himself believe that he was happy in his immediate position.

How often in the various amusements of the world is one tempted to pause a moment and ask oneself whether one really likes it! He was conscious that he was working hard, struggling to be happy, painfully anxious to be sure that he was enjoying the luxury of being in love.

But he was not at all contented.

There she was, and very beautiful she looked; and he thought that he could be proud of her if she sat at the end of his table;--and he knew that she was engaged to be his wife.

But he doubted whether she was in love with him; and he almost doubted sometimes whether he was very much in love with her.