There was something that he had got to find, to discover.

If--and the possibility seemed large now in the air of this brilliant morning--he were, after all, to escape, he would not rest until he had made his discovery.

Some new life was stirring within him.

He wanted now to fling himself amongst men; he would play football, he would take his place in the college, he would test everything--leave no stone unturned.

No longer a cynical observer, he would be an adventurer.