He exaggerated the swagger, and took no notice whatever of the well-made limbs.

And then this man had proposed to accompany him, had wanted to join his party, had thought it possible that a flirtation might be carried on in his presence! He sincerely hated the man.

But what was he to think of such a girl as Mary Masters when she could bring herself to like the attentions of such a lover?
He was very cross with himself because he knew how unreasonable was his anger.

Of one thing only could he assure himself,--that he would never again willingly put himself in Mary's company.

What was Dillsborough and the ways of its inhabitants to him?
Why should he so far leave the old fashions of his life as to fret himself about an attorney's daughter in a little English town?
And yet he did fret himself, walking rapidly, and smoking his pipe a great deal quicker than was his custom.
When he was about to return home he passed the front of the house, and there, standing at the open door, he saw Mrs.Hopkins, the housekeeper, who had in truth been waiting for him.