My whole-soul devotion to worldly affairs was severed.

I had one dream that was more wonderful to me, even, than complete success in the great undertaking which brought me to London.

That dream was connected with you, Violet." She moved a little uneasily, as though the repetition of her Christian name grated.

This time, however, he was rapt in his subject.
"I won't make excuses," he went on.

"You know what Linda is--what she has been for ten years.