He did think over what she had told him as he walked out into the street.
"She sees very clearly," he said solemnly, "and there's a great deal in what she says—a great deal," he repeated firmly, and stopping at the first hotel he telephoned Nan Charters.
The next morning he received another note from her.
Just to repeat, Teddy dear, that I think too much of you to hold you to what happened yesterday. We must both think seriously—very seriously.
NAN.
"That's right: we must think seriously," he repeated solemnly, and reached for the papers, after eying the telephone for a long time.
Gunther called up later in the morning to give him an astonishing bit of news—Garraboy had sailed for Europe at nine that morning, and on the same ship had gone Mrs. Cheever. But this news did not excite him in the least. He spent the morning very heavily, keeping to his promise not to telephone with great difficulty. He did not go to his club for luncheon, but took his meal alone at a chance restaurant.
Then he went to call on Emma Fornez.
"Aha, you have called to talk to me about your little Chartèrs," said the prima donna at once.
"How do you know?" he said bluntly.