"Poor old fellow! Now--" But Eugene's reflections were not of a character that need or would repay recording.

He ought to have been ashamed of himself.

I venture to think he was.

Nevertheless, he arrived home in better spirits than a man has any right to enjoy when he has seen his mistress depart in a temper and his best friend in sorrow.

Our spirits are not always obedient to the dictates of propriety.