He was, indeed, rather surprised at the ease with which he became a gentleman.
His mother was glad, he seemed so pleased.

And his lodging in Walthamstow was so dreary.

But now there seemed to come a kind of fever into the young man's letters.

He was unsettled by all the change, he did not stand firm on his own feet, but seemed to spin rather giddily on the quick current of the new life.

His mother was anxious for him.