His mode of life was necessarily somewhat different from what it had been when he was both poor and obscure; his society was courted in the highest circles, and he from time to time appeared in them, and received company at home with the elegance of hospitality over which Josephine was so well qualified to preside.

But policy as well as pride moved him to shun notoriety.

Before he could act again, he had much to observe; and he knew himself too well to be flattered by the stare either of mobs or of saloons.

"They have memories for nothing here"-- he said at this time to his secretary--"if I remain long without doing anything, I am done.

Fame chases fame in this great Babylon.