They went to the same university that she did, were in her class socially, could know her, could see her every day if they wanted to.

He wondered that they did not want to, that they had been out having a good time instead of being with her that evening, talking with her, sitting around her in a worshipful and adoring circle.

His thoughts wandered on.

He noticed one with narrow-slitted eyes and a loose-lipped mouth.

That fellow was vicious, he decided.