He had been prepared for something terrible, not for this tragic meanness.
He stood a moment silent, and then--"I denounce this God-defying murder," he shouted; and his father, if he must have disclaimed the sentiment, might have owned the stentorian voice with which it was uttered.
Frank Innes dragged him from the spot.

The two handsome lads followed the same course of study and recreation, and felt a certain mutual attraction, founded mainly on good looks.

It had never gone deep; Frank was by nature a thin, jeering creature, not truly susceptible whether of feeling or inspiring friendship; and the relation between the pair was altogether on the outside, a thing of common knowledge and the pleasantries that spring from a common acquaintance.

The more credit to Frank that he was appalled by Archie's outburst, and at least conceived the design of keeping him in sight, and, if possible, in hand, for the day.

But Archie, who had just defied--was it God or Satan ?--would not listen to the word of a college companion.
"I will not go with you," he said.