He hasbuilt a jail and shut himself up in it. They
agreed that they were shrewd, generous, swift-movingAmericans, with no nonsense.
Vigorously, from Hay, I dont forget them! Hayden thought, The man is a bore and a
snob. Now what the devil do you know about Tosca? Hes glad to have a smart
scholarthat at the same times husky and HUMAN like you around. Have youlost your
heart to any of your young geniuses with the tarred-and-feathered chins? Stretti,
though she spoke no English at all.
He felt that he must go on admitting that he
carried an Olivianpassport.
Hayden thought, The man is a bore and a
snob.
I heard so many interesting things about you from a
newspapermanwho used to be your secretary. Youre always explaining to everybody
thatyouve never slipped into wedlock. Ive had somedoggone beautiful, rich women ask
me for an autograph! They agreed that they were shrewd, generous,
swift-movingAmericans, with no nonsense. This fellow, the rat, he told me that you
never sawEngland or the Continent till you were fourteen. That night, abed, Hayden
did not think of his colleague, thearchitect, but of Tosca. Lady Belfont, behind the
mild harembars of a tiny lace handkerchief, seemed to be giggling.
Oh, yes, confided Lundsgard, Ive become quite a
buddy of HisHighness and I like . And this home soil was his own, without
explanations orworking at it. I may give him a tumble, if I dont get the hell out of
thisbackwater.
Yes, I think I read that somewhere, said Roxy, most
plain-facedand obedient. He felt that he must go on admitting that he carried an
Olivianpassport. He hasbuilt a jail and shut himself up in it.
Oh, people always becometraitors to love. Thanks,
Ive already found a room in a dump across the river.
No, all I want is some adviceabout getting a job
here, for a girl that speaks no knownlanguage. But I dont intend to sponge on you in
any way, Hay,get that clear, money or time or anything. And Ill quit picking on your
Mexican sugar pie. I dont want toboast, but I pay my tailor in Hollywood two hundred
and seventeenbucks a suit!
It was Lundsgard who was surprisingly undisturbed.
Vigorously, from Hay, I dont forget them! Roxy darling, dont get too enterprising
again.