And Philip found the whole thing in the bill when he came to pay it.
Before the week was over Philip thought he had a new light on the character of Ruth.

Her absorption in the small gaieties of the society there surprised him.

He had few opportunities for serious conversation with her.

There was always some butterfly or another flitting about, and when Philip showed by his manner that he was not pleased, Ruth laughed merrily enough and rallied him on his soberness--she declared he was getting to be grim and unsocial.

He talked indeed more with Alice than with Ruth, and scarcely concealed from her the trouble that was in his mind.