To say that they were warm friends would be saying too much.

Men as widely different as the minister and the wealthy mill-man do not come together on that sacred ground of friendship, even when one is indebted to the other for his life.

A man may save another from hanging and still be unable to save him from selfishness.

And Mr.
Winter went his way and Philip went his, on a different basis so far as common greeting went, but no nearer in the real thing, which makes heart-to-heart communion impossible.

For the time being, Mr.Winter's hostility was submerged under his indebtedness to Philip.