His difficulties were increasing.

A while ago he had told her, as an excuse for herself, that men and women did not always mean exactly what they said, and even now he did not set himself up in his own mind as an exception to the rule.
Very honourable and truthful men do not act upon any set of principles in regard to truth and honour.

Their instinctively brave actions and naturally noble truthfulness make those principles which are held up to the unworthy for imitation, by those whose business is the teaching of what is good.

The Wanderer's only hesitation lay between answering the question or not answering it.
"Shall we be friends again ?" Unorna asked a second time, in a low tone.
"Shall we go back to the beginning ?" "I do not see how that is possible," he answered slowly.
Unorna was not like him, and did not understand such a nature as his as she understood Keyork Arabian.

She had believed that he would at least hold out some hope.
"You might have spared me that!" she said, turning her face away.