He was successful; but there were only fifteen minutes in his favour when the exact sum he needed was made up, and his notes taken out of bank.
Two o'clock was Mr.Wilkinson's dinner hour, and he had always, before, so arranged his bank business as to have his notes taken up long enough before that time to be ready to leave promptly for home.

But for the failure of Ellis to keep his promise, it would have been so on this day.
"It's hardly worth while to go home now," said he, as he closed his cash and bill books, after making some required entries therein.

"Mary has given me over long ago.

And, besides, I don't feel in the mood of mind to see her just now.

I can't look cheerful, to save me; and I have already called too many shadows to her face to darken it with any more.
By evening I will recover myself, and then can meet her with a brighter countenance.