He sat most of the time by himself, pondering on what had happened, but he could not be unconscious of the number of people to whom he was pointed out.

He was conscious too, that his course had not been understood, and that many of those who looked at him with interest, did so without approbation.

He was not buoyed up either, by a sense that he had succeeded in doing the best.

He had certainly hurt Porter, and had made enemies of Maguire and Kennedy.

Except for the fact that he had tried to do right, he could see no compensating balance.
Naturally the newspapers the next morning did not cheer him, though perhaps he cared less for what they said than he ought.