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He 'd simply wipe Brauer from the slate and begin fresh . He kept to his office all day . He did n't want to run afoul of either Kendrick or Brauer on the street , and , besides , with Helen away , it was a good day to clean up a lot of odds and ends that had been neglected during the pressure of soliciting business . It was six o'clock when he slammed down his roll-top desk and prepared to leave . He had planned to meet Helen for dinner at Felix 's . He found himself a bit fagged and he grew irritated at the thought that prohibition had robbed him of his right of easy access to a reviving cocktail . He knew many places where he could buy bad drinks furtively , but he resented both the method and the vileness of the mixtures .