Once or twice Fielding spoke to him, but he did not hear.

He was not thinking: the knowledge that the secret to be discovered was his to use was as a sense in him.

He felt it pulsing through his veins and throbbing at his heart.
Mrs.Willoughby was forgotten.

It had been after all but a fictitious fancy which he had conceived for her, a fancy fostered in the main as balm for his self-respect after his refusal by Clarice.
As soon as he was sufficiently recovered he called upon Miss Le Mesurier, confident that his hour and opportunity had come.

Drake, however, had reported to Clarice on the condition of Mallinson, and her sympathy had in consequence to a great extent evaporated.