What business was it of his if Isobel chose to give roses to some friend of hers at a dance?
She was not his property, but only a girl with whom he chanced to have been brought up, and who found him a pleasant companion when there was no one else at hand.
By nature, as has been recorded, Godfrey was intensely proud, and then and there he made a resolution that he would have nothing more to do with Isobel.

Never again would he hang about the skirts of that fine and rich young lady, who on the night that he was going away could give roses to another man, just because he was a lord and good-looking--yes, and kiss them too.

His father was quite right about women, and he would take his advice to the letter, and begin to study Proverbs forthwith, especially the marked passages.
Having come to this conclusion, and thus eased his troubled mind, he went to sleep in good earnest, for he was very tired.

The next thing of which he became aware was that someone was hammering at the door, and calling out that a lady downstairs said he must get up at once if he meant to be in time.

He looked at his watch, a seven-and-sixpenny article that he had been given off a Christmas tree at Hawk's Hall, and observed, with horror, that he had just ten minutes in which to dress, pack, and catch the train.