What was the appointment made between two friends twenty years before?
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The appointment in O. Henry's "After Twenty Years" is a prearranged meeting between two friends who parted one night and agreed to meet again two decades later at 'Big Joe' Brady's restaurant. One of the friends remained in New York City; the other headed out West.
As he awaits his old friend, the man from the West who stands in the empty doorway of the restaurant that closed years ago tells the policeman on the beat that when he was eighteen and Jimmy Wells was twenty, they parted in front of their favorite restaurant. He was heading out West to make his fortune, but nothing could pull Jimmy from New York. So, they agreed to meet twenty years later after they worked out their respective destinies.
Of course, with O. Henry's ironic reversal, Bob, the man from the West, unknowingly is talking to Patrolman Jimmy Wells, who recognizes "Silky Bob," as a man wanted in Chicago. But, since he does not have the heart to arrest his old friend, Jimmy does not reveal himself. Instead, he sends a plainclothes policeman in his place later to make the arrest and give Bob a note from him.
Hover for more information. The appointment between Bob and Jimmy to meet again in twenty years was just for the sake of reunion. It was similar to the thousands of class reunions, family reunions, and all the other reunions which are so common in America.