In another three minutes he would be ten pounds in her debt.
He allowed a couple of minutes to go by before he entered the restaurant; then he pushed open the doors and his eyes took in the room with a swift scrutiny.
Everything was in his favour.

She was seated at a table in the corner of the room, herself the only occupant of it.

He walked across to her without hesitation--no timidity now.

That had vanished with the need for a show of determination.

Here he must dominate the situation or fail utterly.
"There's no need to move to another table," he said as he pulled out a chair for himself and sat down opposite to her.