The thought of the probable sarcasm of his
fellows made him wince. Moreover, he was himself ashamed of his
actions. This actress was nothing to him; he thoroughly convinced
himself of that important fact at least twenty times a day. She was a
delightful companion, bright, witty, full of captivating character,
attractively winsome, to be sure, yet it was manifestly impossible for
him ever to consider her in any more serious way. This became
sufficiently clear to his reasoning, yet, at the same time, he could
never quite break free. She seldom appeared to him twice the
same--proving as changeable as the winds, her very nature seeming to
vary with a suddenness which never permitted his complete escape from
her fascinations, but left him to surmise how she would greet him next.
Frank or distant, filled with unrestrained gayety or dignified by
womanly reserve, smiling or grave, the changeable vagaries of Miss
Norvell were utterly beyond his guessing, while back of all these
outward manifestations of tantalizing personality, there continually
lurked a depth of hidden womanhood, which as constantly baffled his
efforts at fathoming.
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