He must put the best face on it, and let it go at that.
He tried to show Carrie that there was no cause for financial alarm, but only congratulation over the chance he would have at the end of the year by taking her rather more frequently to the theatre and by providing a liberal table.

This was for the time only.

He was getting in the frame of mind where he wanted principally to be alone and to be allowed to think.

The disease of brooding was beginning to claim him as a victim.
Only the newspapers and his own thoughts were worth while.

The delight of love had again slipped away.