A shadow was ever on the brow of his father, and this threw a gloom over the entire household.

But, abroad, among his companions, he found a hundred things to interest him.

All license tends toward further extremes.
It was not long before Andrew found ten o'clock at night too early for him.

The theatre was a place positively interdicted by his parents; and, restrained by some lingering respect for his mother's feelings, Andrew had, up to the age of seventeen, resisted the strong desire he felt to see a play.

At last, however, he yielded to temptation, and went to the theatre.