The moment he had used his power to his own advantage, he had lost it.

So long as he had exerted it for the happiness of the two lovers, to save the life of the King, to thwart the dishonesty of a swindler, he had been all-powerful; but when he endeavored to bend it to his own uses, it had fled from him.

As he stood abashed and repentant, Helen turned her eyes toward him; and, at the sight of him, there leaped to them happiness and welcome and complete content.

It was "the look that never was on land or sea," and it was not necessary to be a mind reader to understand it.

Philip sprang toward her as quickly as a man dodges a taxi-cab.
"I came early," said Helen, "because I wanted to talk to you before the others arrived." She seemed to be repeating words already rehearsed, to be following a course of conduct already predetermined.