He called on his friends dutifully, but his long visits to Albany, his evenings with Dennis, and his drill nights, interfered badly with his acceptance of the invitations sent him.

He had, too, made many friends in his commission work and politics, so that he had relatively less time to give to his older ones.

The absence of Miss De Voe and Lispenard somewhat reduced his social obligations it is true, but the demands on his time were multiplying fast.
One of these demands was actual law work.

The first real case to come to him was from the contractor who had served on the tenement-commission.
He was also employed by the Health Board as special counsel in a number of prosecutions, to enforce clauses of his Food Bill.

The papers said it was because of his familiarity with the subject, but Peter knew it was the influence of Green, who had become a member of that Board.