Oh, of course she had a right to be withKurt
as much as she liked. The cabin was like that of a very large limousine or a
rather smallomnibus. Ill instruct my bank to send you ten thousand a year, on
top ofyour own money.
He felt as though hewere being driven into a
corner. How tired hegot of looking at maps, hour on hour! They ran through the
thunder-shower into rough air. Keipp was free ofanything save their current
brandies.
But it was awfully kindof you not to
mind.
At half-past two he heard laughter in the
corridor. Could anything better show Elsathat he was a worthier lover than the
sharp-nosed Mr. I hateto see all the couples busting up the way they
are.
He waited an hour, with themonstrous pile of
saucers before him as his only companion. He paid the waiter, he rose slowly,
unsmilinglybeckoned to a taxicab, and sat in it cold and alone. Oh, golly, I
guess Im defying the thunderbolt. At the sight, the agreeable philanthropist
with the cognacwas sicker, much sicker.
They all twitteredlike love-birds and frankly
held hands over the vin ordinaire andhorse-meat. He heard her saying, Now was I
right about your dear friend Tub!
Now theres just a couple of thingsto settle.
Pearson to use such vulgarisms as Ill bet sheis all the time?
Now I suppose youll return toParis, at least
for a while. He decided that her eyeswerent hard, really, but intelligent. At
the sight, the agreeable philanthropist with the cognacwas sicker, much sicker.
Only, thankGod, well have my twenty thousand a year!