Once he had suggested calling for her at her office, and she had abruptly vetoed the suggestion.

Paul was too remarkable a young man to escape the notice of her associates; her feelings towards him were too fine to be scratched by jocular allusion.

After a time, having failed to meet her in the human torrents of Cheapside and Cannon Street, Paul gave up the search.

Jane was lost, absolutely lost--and, with her, Barney Bill.

He went on tour again, heavy-hearted.