He went back to the safe and put his hand on the knob.

Then he pulled the door open and took the drawer with the money quite out.
With it once out and before him, it seemed a foolish thing to think about leaving it.

Certainly it would.

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.
Lord! what was that?
For the first time he was tense, as if a stern hand had been laid upon his shoulder.

He looked fearfully around.