CHAPTER V.
THE NEST OF THE FISHING EAGLE.
Benjamin continued to attend the school, but it was evident that he did so with an injured heart, and chiefly out of love for the old chief, his father.

He had a high regard for his teacher, whose kindness was unfailing, and he showed a certain partiality for Gretchen; but he was as a rule silent, and there were dark lines on his forehead that showed that he was unhappy.

He would not be treated as an inferior, and he seemed to feel that he was so regarded by the scholars.
He began to show a peculiar kind of contempt for all of the pupils except Gretchen.

He pretended not to see them, hear them, or to be aware of their presence or existence.

He would pass through a group of boys as though the place was vacant, not so much as moving his eye from the direct path.