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He breakfasted alone or with Mr. Lanhearne . Then he read the morning papers aloud and attended to the mail . If the weather were favourable , this duty was followed by a stroll or drive in the park . Afterward he was very much at leisure until dinner-time , and at nine o'clock Mr. Lanhearne 's retirement to his own room gave him those evening hours which most young men consider the desirable ones . Roland generally went to some theatre or musical entertainment . There was always the vague expectation of seeing and hearing Denasia , and he scarcely knew whether his disappointment was a pleasure or an annoyance . At the end of the third week he ventured to the Second Avenue house .