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Thats really the best reason, anyway, Im GOING. The charred paper andashes
still outlined its corpse. I never had any reason tolove him, but you got to
admire an enemy thats got nerve.
Tea could be had in an arbour in the
rosegarden. He was certain, presently, that she had gone to sleep, and he
coulddrive as fast as he wanted. The company didnt even cackle at her having
failed to show up. Ill be in New Yorkin six and a half days! Alphen showed the
Cornplows, at the very first meal, picturesof her grandchildren.
With
considerable awkwardness he got himself away from the assuredand masterful Mrs.
Give a fellow time to put his shoes on, cant you?
At two oclock that afternoon
they stood amidships on the S.
CHAPTER XXXIXHowards flat was a second-story
walk-up.
He cant take care of himself, whimpered Hazel.
Oh, Ive settled down,
and I hopeIve acquired some sense, since I married. Alphen, he was
thatvestigial remain, a State Patriot. He was tall and thin, he told jokes
about nagging wives,and he played the piano.
He isto receive his present
salary, plus fifteen per cent of allprofits. And he talks about making millions
selling cotton-stripping machines. Hazel was intimidatingly silent and
withdrawn beside him. He was certain, presently, that she had gone to sleep,
and he coulddrive as fast as he wanted.
The guests of the Villa were very
cosmopolitan, considered Fred andHazel. And the latest I heard, he was going to
be atree doctor! Youd be surprised, but they sell clothes in Europe, too. When
he returned from Appletrees, Hazel had begun to pack, but hadnot finished. She
didnt suspect him of having anengagement with a Provençal enchantress.
But what
port, what country, do we touch first of all?
But there was another childthat
needed him, needed him urgently .
So she was embarrassed by nobodys staring at
all. He tried to read the last crop of American newspapers. But Cal
wasstaggering out, as he said it. Standing at the rail, he tried to work out a
philosophy of TheFamily.
Youre half in love with that girl, and you have noidea
of it!
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