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Abel was pleasantly surprised to be told by Curtis Fenton the nextthat the bill for his reception at the Stevens had been covered by Mr

Maxton and was to be treated as a wedding gift He used the money he had saved for the reception as a down pay Street

For the first time in his life he possessed a home of his own

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In February of 1934 Willialand beforeany fir from the board, but Matthew convinced lum that that was not the course of action his father would have taken in the same circum stances Matthew appeared to take his friend’s defeat even harder than Willia week he caover and left important work unfinished William decided to let these incidents pass without comment and invited Matthew to join hi that he had a backload of work on which to catch up Williaht if Matthew had not been dining at the Ritz Carlton that night with an attractive woman who William could have sas ers Kate said nothing, except that Matthew did not look very well

Willia departure for Europe, took less notice of his friend’s strange behaviour than he ht otherwise have done At the last land alone and asked Kate to accoreed

Willialand on the Mauretania in separate cabins

Once they had settled into the Rits, in separate rooms, even on separate floors, William reported to the Londonbranch of Kane and Cabot in Lombard Street and fulfilled the ostensible purpose of his trip to England by reviewing the bank’s European activities Morale was high and Tony Sier; there was little for Willialorious teeks together in London, Ha at some land William had acquired a few months previously, aver twelve thousand acres in all The financial return froh but, as Willias ever go sour again in America!

A few days before they were due to travel back to the United States, Kate decided she wanted to see Oxford, and Willia He hired a new Morris, a car he had never driven before In the university city, they spent the day wandering around the colleges : Magdalen, superb against the river; Christchurch, grandiose butcloisterless; and Merton where they just sat on the grass and drearass, sir,’ said the voice of a college porter

T’hey laughed and walked hand - in - hand like undergraduates by the side of the Cheratching eight Matthews straining to push a boat along as fast as possible Williaine a life separated in any part from Kate

’ney started back for London in mid - afternoon, and when they reached Henley - on - Tba the river After scones and a large pot of strong English tea (Kate was adventuresome and drank it with only ested that they should start back before it was too dark to see the countryside, but when William had re - inserted the crank into the Morris, despite strenuous effort he could not get the engine to turn over Finally he gave up, and since it was getting late, decided that they would have to spend the night in Henley He returned to the front desk of the Bell Inn and requested two rooms