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He was very tired. He stooped and picked up his shoes, and with them
in his hand, drawn to his old-time military erectness, he stood for
some time before the gilt-framed picture on the wall. Then he went
slowly and ponderously up-stairs to bed.


CHAPTER XXI
From the moment, the day before Christmas, when Graham had taken
the little watch from his pocket and fastened it on Anna's wrist,
he was rather uneasily aware that she had become his creature. He
had had no intention of buying Anna. He was certainly not in love
with her. But he found her amusing and at times comforting.
He had, of course, expected to lose her after the unlucky day when
Clayton had found them together, but Dunbar had advised that she be
kept on for a time at least. Mentally Graham figured that the first
of January would see her gone, and the thought of a Christmas present
for her was partly compounded of remorse.
He had been buying a cigaret case for Marion when the thought came
to him.


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