Don drew out his memorandum book and made the following entry:––
“Visit Central Park some day and watch the kiddies.”
CHAPTER XVII
ON THE WAY HOME
Frances wrote him enthusiastically from London. In her big, sprawling handwriting the letter covered eight pages. Toward the end she added:––
I miss you quite a lot, Don, dear, especially on foggy days. Please don’t work too hard, and remember that I am, as always,
Your FRANCES.
Well, that was something to know––that she was always his, even in London. London was a long way from New York, and of course he could not expect her to go abroad and then spend all her time writing to him. He went up to the club after reading this, and wrote her a letter twenty pages long. It was a very sentimental letter, but it did him good. The next day he returned to the office decidedly refreshed. In fact, he put in one of the best weeks there since he had taken his position. 162 When Saturday came he was sorry that it was a half-holiday: he would have liked to work even through Sunday.