`` i 'm leaving now , ' he said quietly 'please apologize to your friends and tell them i 'm sorry to have acted like such a fool perhaps i 'll have a chance to redeem myself another time ' `` it 's we who owe you the apology , ' i said 'and have you forgotten the money '' it 's better than a thousand dollars ' `` o yes1 the money1 ' and his mouth curved in one of the bitterest smiles i have ever seen `` never mind coming into the lobby , ' i said 'if you will promise to wait right here , i 'll bring it will you do that ? '