'He said, probably I would never see you much more.'
But here the tears came to view undeniably; welled up, and filled the eyes, and rolled over. Esther brushed them hastily away.
'And I hadn't the decency to write to you? Had that something to do with it?'
'I thought—if you had remembered me, you would perhaps have written, just a little word,' Esther confessed, with some hesitation and difficulty. Pitt was more touched and sorry than he would have supposed before that such a matter could make him.
'Look here, Esther,' he said. 'There are two or three things I want you to take note of. The first is, that you must never judge by appearances.'
'Why not?' asked Esther, considering him and this statement together.
'Because they are deceptive. They mislead.'
'Do they?'
'Very frequently.'
'What is one to judge by, then?'