"Thank you."
"Do you mean to remain here?"
"Yes, for the present. I shall probably stay till to-morrow, at any rate."
Scott went in to breakfast, and notwithstanding his loss he ate heartily. He was of a sanguine temperament and disposed to make the best of circumstances. So he congratulated himself on having retained a part of his money.
"When do the brokers' offices open?" he asked, when he again saw the clerk.
"At ten o'clock."
"I will walk leisurely toward Wall Street, then. If Mr. Lane comes back——"
"If he does, we will keep him. But I don't think there is any chance of it."
Scott walked down to the City Hall Park, and then proceeded down Broadway in the direction of Trinity Church, which, he was told, faced the head of Wall Street.