People called him eccentric, but as he was of a rich family he could afford to be, and they felt no slight by his neglect.
There was a change everywhere.

The greatest change of all was in Charles.

From the night of the sleigh-ride his manner toward me was totally altered.

As far as I could discern, the change was a confirmed one.

The days grew monotonous, but my mind avenged itself by night in dreams, which renewed our old relation in all its mysterious vitality.
So strong were their impressions that each morning I expected to receive some token from him which would prove that they were not lies.