he started forth to spend twelve hours in London.
Mr Harding had friends in town had he chosen to seek them; but he felt that he was in no humour for ordinary calls, and he did not now wish to consult with anyone as to the great step which he had determined to take.

As he had said to his daughter, no one knows where the shoe pinches but the wearer.

There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another,--some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.

Our warden had made up his mind that it was good for him at any cost to get rid of this grievance; his daughter was the only person whose concurrence appeared necessary to him, and she did concur with him most heartily.

Under such circumstances he would not, if he could help it, consult anyone further, till advice would be useless.