How many times have we held converse since that day I found you in charge of my store?
Often enough, I think, for each to know the other's quality.

Our lives have been very different, and yet I believe that we are akin.

For myself, I should be glad to hold as my friend so gallant though so unfortunate a gentleman." He smiled and made a gesture of courtesy.

"Of course Mr.MacLean may very justly not hold me in a like esteem, nor desire a closer relation." MacLean rose to his feet, and stood gazing across the river at the twilight shore and the clear skies.

Presently he turned, and his eyes were wet.