Mr.Caswall said he had ventured to call, as he wished to make the acquaintance of all his tenants, in a less formal way, and more individually, than had been possible to him on the previous day.

The girls made him welcome--they are very sweet girls those, sir; someone will be very happy some day there--with either of them." "And that man may be you, Adam," said Mr.Salton heartily.
A sad look came over the young man's eyes, and the fire his uncle had seen there died out.

Likewise the timbre left his voice, making it sound lonely.
"Such might crown my life.

But that happiness, I fear, is not for me--or not without pain and loss and woe." "Well, it's early days yet!" cried Sir Nathaniel heartily.
The young man turned on him his eyes, which had now grown excessively sad.
"Yesterday--a few hours ago--that remark would have given me new hope--new courage; but since then I have learned too much." The old man, skilled in the human heart, did not attempt to argue in such a matter.
"Too early to give in, my boy." "I am not of a giving-in kind," replied the young man earnestly.

"But, after all, it is wise to realise a truth.