He took a house of his own; he sought the society of persons of substance; he devoted himself to the money-market; he seemed to have become a man of business; his schemes were bold and colossal; his calculations rapid and profound.

He startled Mervale by his energy, and dazzled him by his success.

Mervale began to envy him,--to be discontented with his own regular and slow gains.

When Glyndon bought or sold in the funds, wealth rolled upon him like the tide of a sea; what years of toil could not have done for him in art, a few months, by a succession of lucky chances, did for him in speculation.

Suddenly, however, he relaxed his exertions; new objects of ambition seemed to attract him.