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But he resisted temptation. He
said: "Peter Stirling, go to work." So all the treasures were put in a
drawer of his study table, and Peter sat down at his office desk. First,
after tearing up his note to Watts, he wrote another, as follows:
WATTS:
You can understand why I did not call last night, or bind myself
as to the future. I shall hope to receive an invitation to call
from Mrs. D'Alloi. How, I must leave to you; but you owe me this
much, and it is the only payment I ask of you. Otherwise let us
bury all that has occurred since our college days, forever.
PETER.
Then he ground at the law till six, when he swung his clubs and
dumb-bells for ten minutes; took a shower; dressed himself, and dined.
Then he went into his study, and opened a drawer. Did he find therein a
box of cigars, or a bunch of violets, gold-piece, ribbon and sheet of
paper? One thing is certain. Peter passed another evening without
reading or working. And two such idle evenings could not be shown in
another week of his life for the last twenty years.


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