Unable to lie still, he rose at once, and went out into the chill dawn.

Thoughts of Eve Madeley no longer possessed him; a glorious sense of freedom excluded every recollection of his past life, and he wandered aimlessly with a song in his heart.
At breakfast, the sight of Mrs.Brewer's album tempted him to look once more at the portrait, but he did not yield.
"Shall we ever see you again, I wonder ?" asked his landlady, when the moment arrived for leave-taking.
"If I am ever again in Dudley, I shall come here," he answered kindly.
But on his way to the station he felt a joyful assurance that fate would have no power to draw him back again into this circle of fiery torments..