Besides this, he was anxious to settle down in some comfortable rooms.

It was now the middle of winter and he had determined that it was not the season for a European trip.

He would wait until the summer before going to Paris.
Little by little Vandover turned over the supervision and management of his affairs and his property to Adams & Brunt, declaring that he could not afford to be bothered with them any longer.

This course was much more expensive and by no means so satisfactory from a business point of view, but Vandover felt as though the loss in money was more than offset by his freedom from annoyance and responsibility.
He was eager to get settled.

The idea of taking rooms that should be all his own and that he could fit up to suit his taste attracted him immensely.