Mr.King resigned himself to a purely business call at the shop of Mr.Spantz.He looked long, with a somewhat shifty eye, at the cabinet of ancient rings and necklaces, and then departed without having seen the interesting Miss Platanova.

If the old man observed a tendency to roam in the young man's eye, he did not betray the fact--at least not so that any one could notice.

Truxton departed, but returned immediately after luncheon, vaguely inclined to decide between two desirable rings.

After a protracted period of indecision, in which Olga remained stubbornly out of sight, he announced that he could not make up his mind, and would return later for another inspection.
At his room in the hotel, he found a note addressed to himself.

It did not have much to say, but it meant a great deal.