Harry and she seem to be standingthe honeymoon
about as well as most victims.
His only voyaging had been onlakes, or on the New
York ferries.
Why IS it thatthe travelling American is such a
dreadful person?
And so could you, if you didnt let business
sapevery single ounce of energy you have! And he saw as pitiful the factthat Fran
expected to find youth again merely by changing skies. The Englishman ordered his
cocktail with competence:Now be very careful about this, steward.
The flappers think Im as venerable as the bishops
wife.
He wondered about introducing Major Lockert to
Fran.
You look mighty well in that gold and ivory
dress.
But perhaps well get us some new selves, without
losing the oldones.
And that meanssomething more than a polite little
Cooks trip to Europe! Im not much good at this, he grumbled, as the steamer rolled
andthey struggled to dance up-hill.
No flapperaboard had more partners than Fran;
certainly none danced sosmoothly.
Only place where wecan slam the door and tell
everybody to go to hell and beourselves! Franslovely pallor, in a robe de style such
as only her slendernesscould bear.
He did sit down; he wandered from table to table in
an ecstasyof friendliness .
Then he stood fixed, and all his boisterousness
vanished ina high, thin, clear ecstasy.
As theEnglishman gulped his drink, Sam enjoyed
hating him.
But hed better watch out;he was slightly lit. It
was a lighthouse, swinging its blade of flame.
Harry and she seem to be standingthe honeymoon
about as well as most victims. They seemed to him like children, excitedly playing
now, but soon tobe caught by weary maturity. Ive learned that Life is real and Life
is earnest andthe presidency of a corporation is its goal.
He began to feel the gallant security ofthe ship,
his enduring home.
No flapperaboard had more partners than Fran;
certainly none danced sosmoothly.