"I have been talking with him a good deal lately, and I am struck by the strong resemblance to his father.

It is more than mere physical likeness." With a sternness he could have shown only where principle was at stake, the old man said: "But I must not conceal from you, senator, that I have the gravest doubts and fears.

You have alienated the university's best friend--rich, powerful, able, and, until you exasperated him, devoted to its interests.

I regard you as having--unintentionally, and no doubt for good motives--betrayed the solemn trust Hiram Ranger reposed in you." He was standing at his full height, with his piercing eyes fixed upon his young colleague's.
All the color left Scarborough's face.

"Betrayed is a strong word," he said.
"A strong word, senator," answered Dr.Hargrave, "and used deliberately.
I wish you good day, sir." Hargrave was one of those few men who are respected without any reservation, and whose respect is, therefore, not given up without a sense of heavy loss.