He had apparently flung off the cloud which had overshadowed him before his illness, and avoided entirely any reference to those unpleasant events which had been previously so constantly in his thoughts.

I had, indeed, taken an early opportunity of telling him of my discovery of the picture of Adrian Temple, as I thought it would tend to show him that at least the last appearance of this ghostly form admitted of a rational explanation.

He seemed glad to hear of this, but did not exhibit the same interest in the matter that I had expected, and allowed it at once to drop.

Whether through lack of interest, or from a lingering dislike to revisit the spot where he was seized with illness, he did not, I believe, once enter the picture-gallery before he left Royston.
I cannot say as much for myself.

The picture of Adrian Temple exerted a curious fascination over me, and I constantly took an opportunity of studying it.