In obtaining orders he was not unsuccessful, and at the end of the first month received from the firm a telegram of congratulation.

This was of importance chiefly because it might please Emily.

But he knew that in her eyes the great-great-grandson of Hiram Greene could not rest content with a telegram from Burdett and Sons.
A year before she would have considered it a high honor, a cause for celebration.

Now, he could see her press her pretty lips together and shake her pretty head.

It was not enough.