We may have the pleasure of seeing him there.' 'You will be glad, I'm sure,' answered his sister.

Then, as if forcing herself to address Peak directly, she faced to him and added, 'It isn't easy to find sympathetic companions.' 'I, at all events, haven't found very many,' Godwin replied, meaning to speak in a tone only half-serious, but conscious at once that he had made what might seem an appeal for sympathy.

Thereupon his pride revolted, and in a moment drove him from the room.
Christian followed, and at the front door shook hands with him.

Nervous impatience was unmistakable in the young man's look and words.

Again Godwin speculated on the meaning of this, and wondered, in connection therewith, what were the characteristics which Marcella Moxey looked for in a 'sympathetic companion'..