He began to feel the appetite that had been wanting before he had reached the office, and decided before going out to the park to meet Carrie to drop in at the Grand Pacific and have a pot of coffee and some rolls.

While the danger had not lessened, it had not as yet materialized, and with him no news was good news.

If he could only get plenty of time to think, perhaps something would turn up.

Surely, surely, this thing would not drift along to catastrophe and he not find a way out.
His spirits fell, however, when, upon reaching the park, he waited and waited and Carrie did not come.

He held his favorite post for an hour or more, then arose and began to walk about restlessly.