I feel drawn to her, instead, irresistibly drawn, as if my place were at her bedside to comfort and protect." At this impulsive assertion springing from a depth of feeling for which the staid lawyer had no measure, a perplexed frown chased all the urbanity from his face.

Some thought, not altogether welcome, had come to disturb him.

He eyed Mr.Ransom closely from under his clouded brows.

He could do this now with impunity, for Mr.Ransom's glances were turned whither his thoughts and inclinations had wandered.
"I would advise you," came in slow comment from the watchful lawyer, "not to be too certain of your conclusions till doubt becomes an absolute impossibility.

Instinct is a good thing but it must never be regarded as infallible.