But whether successful or not, he would have put himself right with his own conscience.

That was the chief thing.

He was straightforward, and back again in Canada, Carnac flung reproaches at himself.
He knew himself now to be in love with Junia Shale, and because he was married he could not approach her.

It galled him.

He was not fond of Fabian, for they had little in common, and he had no intimate friends.
Only his mother was always sympathetic to him, and he loved her.