This man must be what he claimed to be.
There was no trace of deceit about him.

His heart had never before warmed so much to a stranger.
Colonel Talbot closed and locked the door of their room.

It was a large bare apartment with two windows overlooking the town, and two small beds against opposite walls.

The colonel put his valise at the foot of one bed, and walked to the window.

The night had lightened somewhat and he saw the roofs of buildings, the dim line of the yellow river, and the dusky haze of hills beyond.