He thought he was being quite faithful to her.

It was not easy to estimate exactly the strength and warmth of one's feelings for a woman till they have run away with one.
He began to give more time to his men friends.

There was Jessop, at the art school; Swain, who was chemistry demonstrator at the university; Newton, who was a teacher; besides Edgar and Miriam's younger brothers.
Pleading work, he sketched and studied with Jessop.

He called in the university for Swain, and the two went "down town" together.

Having come home in the train with Newton, he called and had a game of billiards with him in the Moon and Stars.