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"Begobs, sir, Oi'll see them inside av ten minutes. An' if they don't
agree widus, shure, Oi'll make them."
"Thank you. Good-night."
"Good-night, Mr. Stirling," came a chorus, and Peter passed into the
street by the much maligned side-door.
Dennis turned to the group with his face shining with enthusiasm. "Did
yez see him, b'ys? There was style for yez. Isn't he somethin' for the
ward to be proud av?"
Peter turned to Broadway, and fell into a long rapid stride. In spite of
the cold he threw open his coat, and carried his outer covering on his
arm. Peter had no intention of going into an up-town drawing-room with
any suggestion of "sixt" ward tobacco. So he walked till he reached
Madison Square, when, after a glance at his watch, he jumped into a cab.
It was a quarter-past nine when the footman opened the door of the
Fifty-seventh Street house, in reply to Peter's ring. Yet he was told
that, "The ladies are still at dinner."
Peter turned and went down the stoop.


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