The very thought of that home, however, made his heart heavy and sad.

For more and more he became convinced that his mother was false to him.

The assertion made by Tyope's wife that he was welcome in her house, and that Tyope would not object to his visiting there, worked another breach in the faith he was wont to place in his mother's words.

Not that the invitation to join the Koshare had exercised any influence upon his opinion regarding that society of men and women.

He mistrusted, he hated, he feared them as much as ever, but toward Tyope personally he felt differently.