THE FURTHER BRINK Wratislaw left betimes the next morning, and a long day faced Lewis with every hour clamouring for a decision.

George would be back by noon, and before his return he must seek quiet and the chances of reflection.

He was happy with a miserable fluctuating happiness.

Of a sudden his horizon was enlarged, but as he gazed it seemed to narrow again.

His mind was still unplumbed; somewhere in its depths might lie the shrinking and unwillingness which would bind him to the dreary present.
He went out to the autumn hills and sought the ridge which runs for miles on the lip of the glen.