It was astonishing how swiftly the seven thousand melted away. There was a tiny wrist watch for Cora of platinum and French enamel, a thousand dollars cool; there was a complete new outfit for himself, nothing spectacular, of course, but everything of the finest quality and workmanship. Heberdon went to a new and more expensive tailor, and, not daring to run such a bill in his own name, was obliged to pay cash.
There were new furnishings for his rooms, including many little indulgences he had hitherto been obliged to deny himself: dressing gowns of heavy silk; fittings for his bureau of ebony and silver, personal jewellery and knickknacks.
There is nobody like your cold-blooded person for luxuriousness. And this is not to speak of the stocks of choice liquors and cigars, elaborate dinner
