Watching him, it seemed to me that the affection existing between him and the man on the divan must have been a beautiful thing.

He turned away from his brother at last, and Walters sought to give him some idea of what had happened.
"You will pardon me, gentlemen," said the lieutenant.

"This has been a terrible shock! I didn't dream, of course--I just dropped in for a word with--with him.

And now--" We said nothing.

We let him apologize, as a true Englishman must, for his public display of emotion.
"I'm sorry," Bray remarked in a moment, his eyes still shifting about the room--"especially as England may soon have great need of men like the captain.