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“Good looking!” exclaimed the other with enthusiasm. “She’s a little queen! Nothing like her ever hit this town before.” “Who’s all the excitement about?” Ramon demanded, thrusting himself into the conversation with the easy familiarity which was his right as one of “the bunch.” Sidney Felberg turned to him in mock amazement. “Good night, Ramon! Where have you been? Asleep?
She was reputed to be both prettier and less approachable than most of her kind. Sidney Felberg had made a preliminary reconnaissance and a pessimistic report. “Nothing doing,” he said. “She’s got a husband somewhere and a notion she’s cut out for better things.… I’m off her!” This immediately provoked Ramon’s interest. He went to the lunch room at a time when he knew there would be few customers.
Some of the men he knew smiled at him, generally with an eye-brow raised, or with a shake of the head. Sidney Felberg, who was a real friend, took him aside. “For the love of God, Ramon, what did you bring that Flusey here for? You’re queering yourself at a mile a minute. And you’re drunk, too. For Heaven’s sake, cart her away while the going’s good!”
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