"I think a good deal of her.

I thank you." Suddenly to the young man looking at the girl a conviction as of some subtle spiritual perfume came; he had seen her beauty before, he had realized her charm, but this was something different.

A boundless approbation and approval which was infinitely more precious than admiration seized him.

Her character began to reveal itself, to come in contact with his own; he felt the warmth of it through the veil of flesh.

He felt a sense of reliance as upon an inexhaustibility of goodness in another soul.