There was a train just leaving for Boston and my
companion insisted upon taking it, saying that he
proposed to spend the money that Dillingham had
so kindly furnished him with. I never knew just
how he discovered the part Dillingham was play-
ing in this strange drama; but if no one told him,
he at any rate divined it somehow, and from this
moment he assumed the lead and directed all our
movements. It is true that I persuaded him to go
to one of the smaller and less conspicuous hotels,
but he at once sent for another tailor, ordered an
elaborate meal for supper, with champagne, and
procured a box at one of the theatres, whither I was
obliged to escort him. Neither would he longer
permit me to occupy the same room with him —
precious privilege! — but engaged a palatial suite
for himself, with a parlor, while I had a small and
modest room farther down the hall. In some re-
spects this suited me well, however, since I was
now able to induce him to have his meals served
upstairs. Yet I began to see the fooUshness of
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set out to seek seriously for us, since, apart from
changing our names, we were making no effort at
disguising ourselves.
The day after our arrival, Hawkins slept late and
I slipped out about ten o'clock and wandering aim-
lessly came to Barristers' Hall, where twenty years
before old Tuckerman Toddleham had his office.
