His eyes sparkled, as they always did when a thought burst blossom-like within him.
'Mr.Grail, I have a mind to try if I can't work on that idea.' Gilbert was stirred.

This interchange of words had strengthened his personal liking for Egremont, and his own idealism took fire from that of the other.

He regarded the young man with admiration and with noble envy.

To be able to devise such things and straightway say 'It shall be done!' How blest beyond all utterance was the man to whom fortune had given such power! He reverenced Egremont profoundly.

It was the man's nature to worship, to bend with singleness of heart before whatsoever seemed to him high and beautiful.
'Yes,' the latter continued, 'I will think it out.