Ida found her companionship pleasant, and Mr.Woodstock con gratulated himself on having taken the right step.
At the same time that the governess came to the house, Waymark left it.
He returned to his old lodgings, and, with an independence which was partly his own impulse, partly the natural result of the slight coolness towards him which had shown itself in Mr.Woodstock, set to work to find a means of earning his living.

This he was fortunate enough to discover without any great delay; he obtained a place as assistant in a circulating library.

The payment was small, but he still had his evenings free.
Ida did not conceal her disappointment when Abraham conveyed this news to her; she had been hoping for better things.

Her intercourse with Waymark between his recovery and his leaving the house had been difficult, full of evident constraint on both sides.

It was the desire of both not to meet alone, and in Mr.Woodstock's presence they talked of indifferent things, with an artificiality which it was difficult to support, yet impossible to abandon.