He was a rising man, and people predicted that before many years were over he would make his mark." "Douglas Fraser, the great authority on neurotic diseases in Harley Street!" exclaimed Malcolm in a tone of intense surprise.

Mrs.Godfrey nodded.
"As a young man I have been told that he was perfectly irresistible.
Even now he is a grand-looking man of commanding presence, with a fine intellectual head and face.

And as for Dinah, she must have been one of the sweetest-looking creatures on God's earth." "Well, they were engaged, and if ever a young pair of human lovers walked in the Garden of Eden, Dinah and Douglas Fraser were that couple--until the cloud came that was to eclipse their happiness in this world.

There is no need for me to enter into the matter very fully, though I know everything.

One unhappy day Dinah discovered that Dr.Fraser was an agnostic--that for some time he had had grave doubts on the subject of revealed religion, which he had kept to himself for fear of distressing her; but now a sense of honour compelled him to tell her the truth.