WallStreet, thenextday, hadmorereassuringreportsofBeaufort', , andthathehaddonesowithsuccess; andthatevening, , societydrewabreathofrelief.
; andeveryonewasawarethatevenBeaufortandBeaufort'; -suitofwhichhehadspokentoMay, sothatitsdatemightcoincidewiththatofhisvisit; , , whoknewnothingofhisprofessionallife, andhadnevershownanyinterestinit, wouldnotlearnofthepostponement, shouldittakeplace, norrememberthenamesofthelitigantsiftheywerementionedbeforeher; .
OntheWednesdaymorning, whenhereachedhisoffice, , afterall, hadnotmanagedto "tideover"; butbysettingafloattherumourthathehaddonesohehadreassuredhisdepositors, andheavypaymentshadpouredintothebanktillthepreviousevening, , arunonthebankhadbegun, 'sdastardlymanoeuvre, andhisfailurepromisedtobeoneofthemostdiscreditableinthehistoryofWallStreet.
."I'veseenbadthingsinmytime; , ? WhatCANbedoneabouther? : comingatherage, there'—shemadeafriendofhim! Andthere'sthewholeDallasconnection: —yethowcananyonetellherso? Herdutyisathisside; andluckilysheseemsalwaystohavebeenblindtohisprivateweaknesses."
Therewasaknock, ."Whatisit? Ican'tbedisturbed."
'shand, theyoungmanopenedtheenvelopeandread: "Won'tyoupleasecomeuptownasearlyasyoucan? , andtheideaofthedisgracehasmadepoorPapasonervousthathehasatemperatureandcan', andIdohopeyoucangetawayatonceandgostraighttoGranny's."
