"We couldn't get another corner around here." "It wouldn't pay anywhere else, do you think ?" "I wouldn't try it," said the other.

The approaching change now took on a most serious aspect to Hurstwood.

Dissolution meant the loss of his thousand dollars, and he could not save another thousand in the time.

He understood that Shaughnessy was merely tired of the arrangement, and would probably lease the new corner, when completed, alone.

He began to worry about the necessity of a new connection and to see impending serious financial straits unless something turned up.