Their apprehensions were realized.

Peter called upon young Potts and asked him if he had a revolver, and Potts said he had.

Peter asked Potts to lend it to him, and Potts did so.

Then Peter informed Potts that he had made up his mind to commit suicide.

He said that since Miss Brown had dealt so unkindly with him he felt that life was an insupportable burden, and he could find relief only in the tomb.