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And with a trick up his sleeve as queer and fishy as himself , no doubt ! '' The assumption seems not unwarrantable , that Mr. Calendar figuratively washed his hands of Mr. Kirkwood . Unquestionably Mr. Kirkwood considered himself well rid of Mr. Calendar . When the latter had gone his way , Kirkwood , mindful of the fact that his boat-train would leave St. Pancras at half-after eleven , set about his packing and dismissed from his thoughts the incident created by the fat _ chevalier d'industrie _ ; and at six o'clock , or thereabouts , let himself out of his room , dressed for the evening , a light rain-coat over one arm , in the other hand a cane , -- the drizzle having ceased . A stolid British lift lifted him down to the ground floor of the establishment in something short of five minutes . Pausing in the office long enough to settle his bill and leave instructions to have his luggage conveyed to the boat-train , he received with entire equanimity the affable benediction of the clerk , in whose eyes he still figured as that radiant creature , an American millionaire ; and passed on to the lobby , where he surrendered hat , coat and stick to the cloak-room attendant , ere entering the dining-room . The hour was a trifle early for a London dinner , the handsome room but moderately filled with patrons .