He had shown her all the sympathy of which his warm, generous nature was capable, yet secretly he did not regret that events had necessitated this sudden return home together on the same ship.

He was sorry for Judge Rossmore, of course, and there was nothing he would not do on his return to secure a withdrawal of the charges.

That his father would use his influence he had no doubt.

But meantime he was selfish enough to be glad for the opportunity it gave him to be a whole week alone with Shirley.

No matter how much one may be with people in city or country or even when stopping at the same hotel or house, there is no place in the world where two persons, especially when they are of the opposite sex, can become so intimate as on shipboard.