Did men make such a choice as that while they took two or three turns in a room?
Did they speak so composedly after a struggle that must have been so bitter?
Thinking it over now, I feel sure it was his extraordinary gift of insight and his clear judgment which made him behave in this way.

He instantly perceived and promptly acted; the worst of the suffering came long after.
"Why, of course you are the very best person in the world for him," said the doctor.

"He has taken a fancy to you, and evidently you have a certain influence with him.

If any one can save him it will be you." But the thought of allowing Derrick to be sacrificed to that old brute of a Major was more than I could bear calmly.
"A more mad scheme was never proposed," I cried.

"Why, doctor, it will be utter ruin to my friend's career; he will lose years that no one can ever make up.