Her looks when she received the note had been reported to him.

What could he need more?
On the very evening after he had sent that contrite note to Katy, announcing that he would never drink again, he felt so delighted with what he had heard of its reception, that he treated a crony out of his private bottle as they played cards together in his room, and treated himself quite as liberally as he did his friend, got up in the middle of the floor, and assured his friend that he would be all right with his sweet little girl before the brother got back.

By George! If folks thought he was going to commit suicide, they were fooled.

Never broke his heart about a woman yet.

Not much, by George! But when he set his heart on a thing, he generally got it.