It had not been his ambition to begin life in the capacity which now presented itself.

His hopes had been limitless.
Poverty had made his mind a treasure; but poverty had also kept it buried.

He saw before him the long fight for opportunity, position, honor; but he was not the sort to quail.

The victory would be glorious when he thought what it might bring to him from Grace Ridge--she who was going to be a missionary.

A long, hard fight, indeed, from revenue officer to minister plenipotentiary, but it was ambition's war.
And Hugh?
As the days went by, his jealousy of Veath became almost intolerable.