On the other hand, I believe in my soul it will harden you into the man you ought to be.
Lord knows I would rather have you stay at home!" The younger man looked up for a second and saw something in Wratislaw's face which made him turn away his eyes.

The look of honest regret cut him to the heart.

Those friends of his, of whom he was in nowise worthy, made the burden of his self-distrust doubly heavy.
"I will tell you within three days," he said hoarsely.

"God bless you, Tommy.

I don't deserve to have a man like you troubling himself about me." It was his one spoken tribute to their friendship; and both, with the nervousness of honest men in the presence of emotion, hastened to change the subject..