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No, he did not regret it

Now that the first step towards reconciliation had been taken, the rest

would be comparatively--comparatively

He, rose and walked to theHis nerve had been shaken The sound

of set rid of it

He put on his fur coat, and went out into the fog; having to go into the

City, he took the underground railway from Sloane Square station

In his corner of the first-class compartment filled with City men the

s still haunted him, so he opened the Times with the

rich crackle that drowns all lesser sounds, and, barricaded behind it,

set himself steadily to con the news

He read that a Recorder had charged a grand jury on the previous

day with alist of offences He read of three

hters, seven arsons, and as h number--in addition toSessions; and fro the paper well before his face

And still, inseparable fro, was the memory of Irene's

tear-stained face, and the sounds fro, in addition to the ordinary affairs

of his practice, a visit to his brokers, Messrs Grin and Grinning, to

give them instructions to sell his shares in the New Colliery Co, Ltd,