And here he was in this same hotel expecting to confer with him, unquestionably waiting to have a good time with him.

All at once the Chicago papers would arrive.

The local papers would have accounts in them this very day.

He forgot his triumph with Carrie in the possibility of soon being known for what he was, in this man's eyes, a safe-breaker.
He could have groaned as he went into the barber shop.

He decided to escape and seek a more secluded hotel.
Accordingly, when he came out he was glad to see the lobby clear, and hastened toward the stairs.