Ruth only went to town twice a week to attend lectures, and the household was quite to Mr.Bolton's taste, for he liked the cheer of company and something going on evenings.

Harry was cordially asked to bring his traveling-bag there, and he did not need urging to do so.
Not even the thought of seeing Laura at the capital made him restless in the society of the two young ladies; two birds in hand are worth one in the bush certainly.
Philip was at home--he sometimes wished he were not so much so.

He felt that too much or not enough was taken for granted.

Ruth had met him, when he first came, with a cordial frankness, and her manner continued entirely unrestrained.

She neither sought his company nor avoided it, and this perfectly level treatment irritated him more than any other could have done.