Thus he won the good opinion of both men; and of that of the girl he felt already assured.

He scarcely ever addressed himself to Harry, and as much as possible avoided gazing at her.

If the idea of his paying any serious attention to her had ever been put into her father's mind, the intelligence that he had been the friend and guest of Carew's had been probably sufficient to dissipate it: the social position which that fact implied seemed to make it out of the question that he should be Harry's suitor.

It only remained for him to disabuse Solomon of the same notion.

This was at first no easy task; but the stubbornness with which his rival resisted his attempts at conciliation gave way by degrees, and at last vanished.
To have been able to make common cause with him upon this question of local superstition was a great point gained.