downey's

Updated: July 14, 2025

Though she must have made some adequate explanation, since Mrs. Downey's last words were, in the presence of Mr. Burke, "It's always so hard, I think, to lose one's really old friends." Mr. Burke came in. He was very correct, very kind. He begged Mrs.

- The Best Short Stories of 1920: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story