I hope in any case you will come to London.

I'll write again.
Ever yours,--Jack." I flung down the letter in a whirl of mingled feelings.

That Jack Smith had got the situation I could not help being glad.

But that I had lost it was simply crushing.

Although I had kept reminding myself all along in words that the chances were very remote, I yet discovered how I had at heart been reckoning on my success almost to a certainty.