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The DePenable was surrounded by gay people.
He was becoming acquainted with her
and, sometimes, slightly, withhimself. He stared at the Rose Window, but he was
seeing what it meant, notwhat it said.
She seemed softer, morerelaxed, more
lovely, and considerably less dependent on him.
Shes run the house and brought
Emily and Brent up, hasnt she?
In fact, Sam had been led to hateJerry with
considerable heartiness. But Fran was magnificently offended whenhe made the
hint.
Sam grunted, in the taxicab, What do you want to go there for? And
presently he became weary of their insane dashing. Comparedwith her, all young
women were such hussies that he would nevermarry. You that are so fond of
accusingME of sneering! He was becoming accustomed to the home of the homeless.
And hed thought hed behaved so beautifully tonight! He stared at the Rose
Window, but he was seeing what it meant, notwhat it said. Sam grunted, in the
taxicab, What do you want to go there for?
Sam heard her inviting Fran and
himself to lunch at the Ermitage.
The cafe seemedto Sam less related to Paris
than he was himself. Well be glad to, said Fran, to Sams considerable
discouragement. Shewas surrounded by amusing men, and warmed by their
extravagantcompliments.
And hed thought hed behaved so beautifully tonight!
And
he discovered that French chauffeurs drove better thanAmericans. He brought her
a cup of punch,bowing like Louis XIV. Kindof hard to remember now just how I
did picture it.
The DePenable was surrounded by gay people.
There was
strengththere; strength and endurance and wisdom.
Sacrificial bullswith patient
wondering eyes, tossing their thick garlanded heads. Damn it, I wont be talked
to like a stable boy! He even got used to living in a lack of privacy like that
of amonkey in a Zoo. He saw life as something greater and more excitingthan
food and a little sleep.
Apparently she fancied the Dodsworths as additions to
her circle. Endicott Everett Atkins was reputed to resemble Henry James. He
wandered much, in Europe and Asia, but always he came back tothe flat he kept
in Zenith.
Does Atkins thinkthe pretty buyer from Detroit comes here to please
him?
And of course youve been to the LAne Rouge and the Rendezvousdes
Mariniers? Lucas, who had it from Henry James,who had it direct from Swinburne.
The rest seemed to him as indistinguishable as separate mosquitoesin a swarm,
and rather noisier. In thelounge, no one had very much to do except to pay
attention. Say go West this time, and sailfor China and Japan and round to
Rangoon and India and so on.
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