Then he turned to her again, and she said, "No." Gilray sees now that he made a mistake in not departing that night by the last train.

He overestimated his strength.

However, we had something to do with his staying on, and he persuaded himself that he remained just to show her that she had ruined his life.

Once, I believe, he repeated his question; but in reply she only asked him if he had caught any more barbel.

Considering the surprisingly fine weather, the barbel-fishing, and the piano on the other boat, Gilray was perhaps as miserable as could reasonably have been expected.