Fred mused, Well, now, you take Howard, and whats
he got foryou?
Perhaps its Mother and you thatwill want to run
away! She clasped his solid chunk of ahand and towed him into the
drawing-room.
Youve already given us enoughfurniture to scrape
along on.
I figured it would be five thousand dollars. Your
birds have flownthe coop, Fred carolled.
On hanging shelves were the little pastors
books,each volume painstakingly covered with oilcloth.
He rose; he faced the sergeant as he would have
faced a chronicdead beat. I dont really know anything except what Iparrot from
Father. If it were true, which it doesnt happen to be .
He knew that his daughter,beneath her icing, must
be disheartened. They hesitated, and his voice becamemilitary.
Lets live on eighteen dollarsa week, if we have to
He remained seated; he knew that to be the safest position againsta thug not too
drunk.
Hes like daylight and fresh air, and thisplace is
like a dungeon! We cant go on pretending to be a couple of monks.
And you still dont know what all those funny tubes
under the hoodare for! Meanwhile, on oneday at least, he borrowed lunch money from
his shaggy secondcousin, Cal Tillery. Annabel dropped her protective street-corner
flipness, all theO.
Bell and I are going out and shoot some golf. Now,
I suppose, I wontget a cent more money. What say wejump in the car and skip off for
two-three days?
In the back seat wereSara, Eugene Silga and her
brother, Guy.
It was appalling to the placid Fred, the gloating
frenzy with whichthe boys got busy.
CanI have one of the salesmen show you the mid-year
model Triumphs?
I represent the creditors, and you have no
courtorder .
Me work for that greasy, tobacco-spitting
roughneck? From somewhere out in the hall axes werebrought, and they gleefully went
to work.
Suddenly, feeling lonely, he sawthat not for years
had Sara and he talked with easy simplicity.
Say, uh, Hazel, dont you think we better start
thinking aboutwhat were going to do for vacation? Guy Staybridge had been looking
through the back window. But of course I want to help you any way I can
Sara evidently burrowed around fora dressing-gown
before she opened the door, with an annoyed Yes? Everybody took advantageof it and
tried to borrow money . The enemies of the Proletarian State mustbe rooted out
ruthlessly! Oh, cant you even begin to understand me? And then, astonishingly,
Howard was ringing the doorbell. Ill meet you in the old place in Albany,bout eight
to-night.