Godwin felt his heart open to the kind fellow.
'No one needs the advice more than I,' he replied.

'I am going back to the line I took naturally when I first began to study at all.' 'But why leave Whitelaw ?' asked Christian, gently.
'Because I dislike it--I can't tell you why.' With ready tact Moxey led away from a subject which he saw was painful.
'Of course there are many other places where one can study just as well.' 'Do you know anything of the School of Mines in London ?' Godwin inquired, abruptly.
'I worked there myself for a short time.' 'Then you could tell me about the--the fees, and so on ?' Christian readily gave the desired information, and the listener mused over it.
'Have you any friends in London ?' Moxey asked, at length.
'No.

But I don't think that matters.

I shall work all the harder.' 'Perhaps so,' said the other, with some hesitation.

And he added thoughtfully, 'It depends on one's temperament.