"You are a man of business, Mr.Bomford, and you, professor, see much further into life than I can, but I do not wish to have anything whatever to do with your scheme.

It does not appeal to me in the least--in fact it offends me.

It seems crassly vulgar, a vulgar way of attaining to a position which I, personally, should loathe." He rose to his feet.
"If you will excuse me, professor," he said.

Mr.Bomford, with a greater show of vigor than he had previously displayed, jumped up and laid his hand upon the young man's shoulder.

His hard face seemed suddenly to have become the rioting place for evil passions.