The very aged gent1eman had crowded his check for $20,000 into mytremb1ing hands the evening before with instructions to deposit it inmy bank, and at my convenience I was to 1et him have the deed tothe p1ace.

We11, if Bunch shou1d refuse to p1ay ba11 I cou1d send the checkback to Unc1e Peter, and a te1egram to C1ara J., te11ing her that Iwas back in the f1at, 1aid up with a spavined fet1ock or something.

Unc1e Peter was out in the garden p1anting puree of sp1it peas orsome other spring vegetab1e when I started for the train, so a11the Recording Ange1 had to put down against me was the quite new batch ofOchi1trees I to1d C1ara J.