You are so lonely, and it would rejoice me so to feel that you had a friend to help you and to be a comfort to you.

At all events you will judge her on her own merits, won't you, and put aside all kind of prejudice ?" "I haven't said I shouldn't; but I suppose I must get to know her first ?" Ominous as such a commencement would have been under any other circumstances, Julian was so prepared for more decided hostility, that he was even hopeful.

When he met Waymark next, the change in his manner was obvious; he was almost cheerful once more.

And the improvement held its ground as the next two or three weeks went by.

Ida came to Beaufort Street often, and Julian was able to use the freedom he thus obtained to spend more time in Waymark's society.