That chance was all the world to him.

As to money,--he would not admit that he was a pauper, and, moreover, he might earn an income as well as other men.

Had Carbury told him that the young lady had shown the slightest intention to receive his, Carbury's, addresses, he, Paul, would at once have disappeared from the scene.

But as it was not so, he would not say that he would abandon his hope.
The scene lasted for above an hour.

When it was ended, Paul Montague packed up all his clothes and was driven away to the railway station by Roger himself, without seeing either of the ladies.