I know you are too generous to drive me to that." And so the interview had ended.

Frank, of course, went upstairs to see if his new pocket-pistols were all ready, properly cleaned, loaded, and capped, should he find, after a few days' experience, that prolonged existence was unendurable.
However, he managed to live through the subsequent period; doubtless with a view of preventing any disappointment to his father's guests..