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Already the manager was upon them, smirking, inviting them in twolanguages to
give up their wraps. If he knew anything about people, this man washonest,
unselfishly fond of entertaining people. Sam would have liked to economize a
little. Sam was at first not vastly taken with Edith Cortright. Biedner,
obviously proudof this Americanism.
Forall the haste of the waiters, it took a
full hour and a half tolunch. But it thrust them together, this aching tedium
of maroonedevenings, and they were often tender.
She was like a child boasting
to a playmateof her fathers wealth. I did not think they would be so dreadful.
She called Fran my dear, and shewelcomed Sam to Germany. He bounced toward them
as though he had known them a dozen years. Got a sense of humor, and dont take
himself too seriously.
Anyway, he wouldnt have another Arnold Israel affair.
I
did not think they would be so dreadful.
Sam was at first not vastly taken with
Edith Cortright. You never have fun out ofnot letting anybody know you know
something. He began, shyly keepingit from Fran, to sketch doorways. They are a
funny mix lot, but all speakEnglish, and I wanted you to meet different
kinds.
They think that what they do is immediatelyimportant and the world is
waiting for it. Fran let it be known that she herself was ofimportance. Sam was
at first not vastly taken with Edith Cortright. Such curious menhang out there
and dance with one another.
You do forgive me forthe Neuste Ehe, dont you! One
feels she could doanything she wanted to enough.
He saw that Fran wasequally
aghast; proudly he saw that she drew nearer hisstalwartness.
As I said once, I
admire America very much, and it is so kind ofyou two to come and bummel with
me! They stood there till palms and sea had vanished andthey could see only the
lights of Naples. He identifiedcertain Paris letters, with a thick, black, bold
script, asIsraels.
He identifiedcertain Paris letters, with a thick, black,
bold script, asIsraels. Dodsworth, said Kurt, I have behaved outrageously to
yourwife.
But it thrust them together, this aching tedium of maroonedevenings,
and they were often tender.
Inthe glow of his stories about the frivolous days
of old Vienna, sheforgot her own charms. Forall the haste of the waiters, it
took a full hour and a half tolunch. He guessedthat her intense eyes missed
nothing. All through dinner, Kurt concentrated on Fran.
Sam would have liked to
economize a little.
Theysobbed about babies and dressmakers and nothing else.
But it thrust them together, this aching tedium of maroonedevenings, and they
were often tender.
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