Roderick assented, his eye brightened, and Rowland talked of a dozen things they might do.

Roderick walked up and down; he seemed to have something to say which he hesitated to bring out.

He hesitated so rarely that Rowland wondered, and at last asked him what was on his mind.

Roderick stopped before him, frowning a little.
"I have such unbounded faith in your good-will," he said, "that I believe nothing I can say would offend you." "Try it," said Rowland.
"Well, then, I think my journey will do me more good if I take it alone.
I need n't say I prefer your society to that of any man living.

For the last six months it has been everything to me.