Before you came he had begun to help papa, and to throw business in his way, and just now he is rendering him very great service.

He may do this in the hope of influencing me, but he gives his aid without conditions.

Yet I know him well enough to be sure that he would withdraw this business help should I now harshly dismiss him or engage myself to another.

While I do show him that I appreciate his kindness, I do nothing to indicate that my feeling is changed.

He must know that I regard him in the same light as in the past.