Suppose I had not done her a good turn to-day,--she might have discarded Catherwood for his baseness, but what would have caused her to transfer her regard to me?
No, she shall never know the whole truth until--until"-- He dared not finish the thrilling sentence, the blissful hope, the wild dream, that set his nerves dancing.

Unto us all can come that radiant, soulful, all-absorbing emotion but once in our life, and it is too sacred to be trifled with; for once destroyed, once crushed, once dead, and the holy thing vanishes forever.
Two noticeable truths became manifest to Tom Gordon on the morrow.

G.
Field Catherwood's dislike of him was intensified.

The young man had felt from the first that the head clerk was not only more attractive than he in looks, but was far brighter intellectually.

Added now to this was the feeling of jealousy.