As he closed the door, a heavy groan, born of displeasure mingled with pain, as the greeting look had been, was sent after him by Mr.Verner.

Very emphatically did it express his state of feeling with regard to Lionel; and Lionel felt it keenly.
Lionel Verner had remained in Paris six months, when summoned thither by the accident to his brother.

The accident need not have detained him half that period of time; but the seductions of the gay French capital had charms for Lionel.

From the very hour that he set foot in Verner's Pride on his return, he found that Mr.Verner's behaviour had altered to him.

He showed bitter, angry estrangement, and Lionel could only conceive one cause for it--his long sojourn abroad.