He would succeed.

He would rise.

He would show Mrs.Yorke who he was.
Mrs.Yorke, having reached home, began at once to lead her daughter back to what she esteemed a healthier way of thinking than she had fallen into.

This opportunity came in the shape of a college commencement with a consequent boat-race, and all the gayeties that this entailed.
Mrs.Yorke was, in her way, devoted to her daughter, and had a definite and what she deemed an exalted ambition for her.

This meant that she should be the best-dressed girl in society, should be a belle, and finally should make the most brilliant marriage of her set--to wit, the wealthiest marriage.