But, then, so might skies fall and everybody have larks on toast
for breakfast. Until then his concern was with Garry.
He realized that the young architect was too broken down
physically and mentally to decide any question of real moment. His
will power was gone and his nerves unstrung. The kindest thing
therefore that any friend could do for him, would be to step in
and conduct the fight without him. Garry's wishes to keep the
situation from Corinne would be respected, but that did not mean
that his own efforts should be relaxed. Yet where would he begin,
and on whom? MacFarlane had just told him that Morris was away
from home and would not be back for several days. Peter was out of
the question so far as his own means--or lack of means--was
concerned, and he could not, of course, ask him to go into debt
for a man who had never been his friend, especially when neither
he nor Garry had any security to offer.
He finally decided to talk the whole matter over with MacFarlane
and act on his advice. The clear business head of his Chief
cleared the situation as a north-west wind blows out a fog.
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