In this frame of mind he had gone to his work; but now he found, to his own surprise, that this girl's answer had made him absolutely unhappy.

Having expressed a wish for this thing, the very expression of the wish made him long to possess it.

He found, as he rode along silently by her side, that he was capable of more earnestness of desire than he had known himself to possess.

He was at this moment unhappy, disappointed, anxious, distrustful of the future, and more intent on one special toy than he had ever been before, even as a boy.

He was vexed, and felt himself to be sore at heart.