Brewster refused the money, but took back his watch.
"Keep it, Bill," he said, "you need it more than I do. It's enough to set you up in some other trade. Why not try it?"
"I will try, boss," and Bill was so profuse in his thanks that Monty had difficulty in getting away; As he climbed into a cab he heard Bill say, "I will try, boss, and say, if ever I can do anything for you jes' put me nex'. I'm nex' you all de time."
He gave the driver the name of his club, but as he was passing the Waldorf he remembered that he had several things to say to Mrs. Dan. The order was changed, and a few moments later he was received in Mrs. Dan's very special den. She wore something soft and graceful in lavender, something that was light and wavy and evanescent, and made you watch its changing shadows. Monty looked down at her with the feeling that she made a very effective picture.
"You are looking pretty fit this morning, my lady," he said by way of preamble. "How well everything plays up to you."
"And you are unusually courtly, Monty," she smiled. "Has the world treated you so generously of late?"
