"
"What, sir, you do not think it utterly hopeless then?"
"Yes, I do."
"And you would have me expose myself to rejection?"
"Exactly so!"
"Really, sir, I do not understand you."
"Well, I will explain. Nothing short of rejection will possibly
cure you of this malady; and it is of the last importance to your
future career, that you should be freed as soon as possible from
this sickly condition of thought and feeling--a condition in which
your mind will do nothing, and in which your best days will be
wasted. Blackstone can only hope to be taken up when you have done
with her."
"Stay, sir--that is she below."
"Who?"
"Margaret----"
"Who is with her?"
"The stranger--this man, Stevens."
"Ha! your counsellor, that would be? Ah! William, you did not tell
me all."
CHAPTER XIV.
THE ENTHUSIAST.
The cheeks of the youth glowed. He felt how much he had suppressed
in his conference with his venerable counsellor. Mr. Calvert did
not press the topic, and the two remained silent, looking down,
from the shaded spot where they lay, upon the progress of Margaret
Cooper and her present attendant, Stevens.
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