The two watches were returned to their respective places of deposit, and the two men proceeded to the dining-room.

Here the traffic, just begun, was renewed and completed.

The watches were exchanged, and Wilkinson received sixty dollars "boot." "Shall I order the horse brought out ?" asked Carlton, as they arose, about half an hour afterwards, from the supper-table.
"Yes; if you please." This was not said with much promptness of tone; a fact instantly noted by the ear of Carlton.
"Well, I'm ready.

Come--let's have a drink before we go!" The two men stepped to the bar and drank.

Then they lingered, each with a lighted cigar, and finally withdrew--to proceed to the city?
No.