“I haven’t forgotten that is all you have.”
“You haven’t forgotten the something more?”
Stuyvesant looked at his watch.
“I must be excused now, Pendleton,” he concluded. “I think, on the whole, it will be better if you don’t call here after this.”
“As you wish,” answered Pendleton. “But I hope you’ll come and see us?”
“Damn you, Pendleton!” he exploded.
Then he turned quickly and left the room. So, after all, it was he in the end who lost his temper.