His will prevailed.

A day or two of anguish such as there is no describing to the inexperienced, and again he was dismissing slip after slip, a sigh of thankfulness at the completion of each one.

It was a fraction of the whole, a fraction, a fraction.
The ordering of his day was thus.

At nine, after breakfast, he sat down to his desk, and worked till one.

Then came dinner, followed by a walk.
As a rule he could not allow Amy to walk with him, for he had to think over the remainder of the day's toil, and companionship would have been fatal.