And now he was asked for warm congratulations because Sir Felix Carbury was one of the Board! He did not know which to despise most, Sir Felix for belonging to such a Board, or the Board for having such a director.

'New sphere of life!' he said to himself.

'The only proper sphere for them all would be Newgate!' And there was another trouble.

He had asked Paul Montague to come to Carbury for this special week, and Paul had accepted the invitation.
With the constancy, which was perhaps his strongest characteristic, he clung to his old affection for the man.

He could not bear the idea of a permanent quarrel, though he knew that there must be a quarrel if the man interfered with his dearest hopes.