He was furious with Pastor Martens.

Who could have believed that he, George Delphin, should have suffered himself to be supplanted by a chaplain, and, more than that, a widower?
And Madeleine! how could she have accepted him?
And the more his thoughts turned upon her, the more he felt how truly he loved her.
How different it might have been! Yes, many things might have been different in his life, when he came to review it fairly.

His thoughts then fell upon Jacob Worse, who had lately quite given him up.

It had often happened to Delphin that people did not remain friends with him long.

It was only Fanny who did not give him up.