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In these days of promise Bruce seemed to pour forth an even greater energy ; and in his efforts he was now aided by Mr. Wilson , the Indianapolis lawyer , who was spending his entire time in Westville . Katherine caught in Bruce 's face , when they passed upon the street , a gleam of triumph which he could not wholly suppress . She wondered , with a pang of jealousy , if he and Mr. Wilson were succeeding where she had failed -- if all her efforts were to come to nothing -- if her ambition to demonstrate to Bruce that she could do things was to prove a mere dream ? Toward noon one day , as she was walking along the Square homeward bound from Elsie Sherman 's , she passed Bruce and Mr. Wilson headed for the stairway of the _ Express _ Building . Both bowed to her , then Katherine overheard Bruce say , `` I 'll be with you in a minute , Wilson , '' and the next instant he was at her side . `` Excuse me , Miss West , '' he said . `` But we have just unearthed something which I think you should be the first person to learn . ''