Notwithstanding the fact that his encounter with "The Censor" had brought her into undesirable notice, she forgave him everything after a moment's consideration.

The first few wrenches of resentment were overbalanced by her American appreciation of chivalry, however inspired.

"The Censor" had gone for years unpunished; his coarse wit being aimed at every one who had come into social prominence.

So pungent and vindictive was his pen that other men feared him, and there were many who lived in glass houses in terror of a fusilade.

Brewster's prompt and sufficient action had checked the pernicious attacks, and he became a hero among men and women.