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174 BLACK SHEEP.the purlieus of the billiard-rooms whither DeaneandDallas and gone. Heremembered how lonelyancl blank, how quiet and dreary, the street hadbecome by the time the two came out of thehouse together and parted, in his hearing, withsome careless yvords. He had to remember howhe confronted Deane, and was greeted with ataunt; how he had borne it; how the man hadplayed with his suspense, and ostentatiously displayedthe money which the other had vainlywatchedancl waited for all day-; and then, suddenlyassuming an air of friendliness and confidence,hacl led him away Citywards, without betrayinghis place of residence, questioning himabout George Dallas. He hacl to remember howthis had embittered and intensified his anger, ancl© 7how a sudden fear hacl sprung up in his mindthat Deane had confided to Dallas the promiseshe had made to him, and the extent to whichtheir "business" relations hacl gone. A dexterousquestion or two had reliey-ed this apprehension,ancl then he hacl once more turned the conversationon the subject in which he was sovitally interested. He had to remember — and