She returned it with the remark that it was the most dreadful nonsense she ever read, and that she knew he hadn't courage enough to kill himself.

Then Peter went back to the store, and was surprised to find that his employers had so little emotion as to dock him for half a day's absence.

What he wants now is to ascertain if he cannot compel Potts to give up that watch.

Potts says he has too much respect for the memory of his unfortunate friend to part with it, but he is really sorry now that he ordered that tombstone.

On the first of May, Peter's bleeding heart had been so far stanched as to enable him to begin skirmishing around the affections of a girl named Smith; and if she refuses him, he thinks that tombstone may yet come into play.
But we all have our doubts about it..