His movements showed his age that night.
"I'll think it over, David," he said.

"There's more in this than meets the eye.

I'll just go home an' think it over.

Mebbe I'll call at your place in the mornin'." So here was Verity, awaiting Bulmer's visit as a criminal awaits a hangman.

There was no shred of hope in his mind that his one-time crony would raise a finger to save him from bankruptcy.