"That 's for you to settle!" His best friend clapped on his hat and strode away; in a moment the door closed behind him.

Rowland walked hard for nearly a couple of hours.
He passed up the Corso, out of the Porta del Popolo and into the Villa Borghese, of which he made a complete circuit.

The keenness of his irritation subsided, but it left him with an intolerable weight upon his heart.

When dusk had fallen, he found himself near the lodging of his friend Madame Grandoni.

He frequently paid her a visit during the hour which preceded dinner, and he now ascended her unillumined staircase and rang at her relaxed bell-rope with an especial desire for diversion.