He fancied this advertisement must needs bring him some tidings of his lost love.
The mystery might be happily solved after all, and Marian prove true to him.

He tried to persuade himself that this was possible; but it was very difficult to reconcile her line of conduct with the fact of her regard for him.
In the evening he went to the Temple, eager to see John Saltram, from whom he had no intention to keep the secret of his trouble.

He found his friend at home, writing, with his desk pushed against the open window, and the dust and shabbiness of his room dismally obvious in the hot July sunshine.

He started up as Gilbert entered, and the dark face grew suddenly pale.
"You took me by surprise," he said.

"I didn't know you were in England." "I only landed two days ago," answered Gilbert, as they shook hands.