He had received from Jennie Warmore a too pointed expression of her contempt for him to have any possible room for misunderstanding it.

When he ventured to hint at their engagement, which had been discussed, but never formally made, she shook her head decisively, and his heart collapsed.
He had strolled by the house early in the evening, having fully recovered from the injuries resulting from the runaway, and was on the point of passing through the gate, when he observed a figure ahead of him.

One quick glance disclosed that it was young Gordon, on his way to pass the evening there.

That knowledge caused the dude to wheel about and go to the hotel, where he made his home.

And as he strode along the highway, his heart overflowed with the bitterness of gall and wormwood.
He made no attempt to conceal his feelings on the following day, when he and Gordon came in contact at the store.