He rushed on and on.

"But the one thing you shall never do, Grizel, is to interfere with my work; I swear it, do you hear?
In all else I am yours to mangle at your will, but touch it, and I am a beast at bay." And still saying such things, he drew near the publishing offices of Goldie & Goldie, and circled round them, less like a beast at bay than a bird that is taking a long way to its nest.

And about four of the afternoon what does this odd beast or bird or fish do but stalk into Goldie & Goldie's and order "Unrequited Love" to be withdrawn from circulation.
"Madam, I have carried out your wishes, and the man is hanged." Not thus, but in words to that effect, did Tommy announce his deed to Grizel.
"I think you have done the right thing," she wrote back, "and I admire you for it." But he thought she did not admire him sufficiently for it, and he did not answer her letter, so it was the last that passed between them.
Such is the true explanation (now first published) of an affair that at the time created no small stir.

"Why withdraw the book ?" Goldie & Goldie asked of Tommy, but he would give no reason.

"Why ?" the public asked of Goldie & Goldie, and they had to invent several.