They gained some vague knowledge of his interview with Helen, and he kept a very distinct remembrance of it.

Both he and they believed that his first attempt at love had come to nothing, but that was a mistake.
The Baby had loved with some genuine fervour, and his grief made a man of him.
VIII WITCHCRAFT A young minister was walking through the streets of a small town in the island of Cape Breton.

The minister was only a theological student who had been sent to preach in this remote place during his summer holiday.
The town was at once very primitive and very modern.

Many log-houses still remained in it; almost all the other houses were built of wood.
The little churches, which represented as many sects, looked like the churches in a child's Dutch village.

The town hall had only a brick facing.