Yes, henceforth he and I shall be enemies." "I love to be flattered, but please don't become Henry's enemy.

The most dreadful things happen to them." "He pretends to be a friend, but in reality he is a suitor--a detestable suitor--and the ties of business bind you closer! I see it all.

I--I consider it abominable." Gray's tone was as gay as his demeanor had been thus far, nevertheless he was probing deliberately, and the result appeared to verify his earlier suspicions.

Calm as he had appeared to be during that interview in the bank, in reality he had been, and still was, in a state of intense nervous excitement; his mind was galloping; the effect of that clash had been to rouse in him a keen exaltation and a sense of resistless power.

If Henry Nelson was seriously interested in this girl, he reasoned, here then was another weapon ready shaped--a rapier aimed at his enemy's breast--and all he had to do was grasp it.