One cannot engage to carry out a scheme like this without many accessories being needed, and the wise man looks for these before the time arrives for their use.
Gradually the day gave way to evening. Darrell believed all was arranged.
He felt satisfied that before another day came around, Joe’s condition would be changed—this night was the crisis—either his spirits must go down or else rise suddenly.
All depended on one person.
This was Lillian.
To him she was the one object that could affect his future—the lodestone that drew him on.
When he had made his preparations and eaten a light supper down town, Eric started for the scene of the coming comedy.
He could not pierce the future any more than any other human, and hence knew not whether it would remain such or prove to be a tragedy.
Coming events may often cast their shadows before, but there are times when the sun is so nearly in the zenith that this shadow does not amount to very much.
Besides, what does a shadow amount to anyhow—it is not tangible, and presents no opportunity for solution.