"Earlescourt must be yours some day.

You can borrow money if you like." Ronald steadily refused to entertain the idea.

He wondered at modern ideas of honor--that men saw no shame in borrowing upon the lives of their nearest and dearest, yet thought it a disgrace to be a follower of one of the grandest of arts.

He made one compromise--that was for his father's sake.

As an artist, he was known by Dora's name of Thorne, and, before long, Ronald Thorne's pictures were in great request.