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"'Chicago! I blurted. "'We've taken a suite of offices in the new Lakeview Building on Michigan Avenue. Would you like your office done in mahogany or oak?" Jock came to a full stop before his mother. His cheeks were scarlet. Hers were pale. He was breathing quickly. She was very quiet. His eyes glowed. So did hers, but the glow was dimmed by a mist. "Mahogany's richer, but make it oak, son.
Manasseh disappeared, and returned two minutes later to report that "the woman would give no furdah trouble." He removed the white cloth, set out the decanters with an apology for the mahogany's indifferent polish, and withdrew again to prepare his master's coffee. At once a silence fell between father and son. Dicky had expected to hear more of Oliver Cromwell.
But always she had been met with a plausible excuse or a direct refusal. "I suppose I ought to be thankful someone can strike an unselfish chord in him," she thought, wearily. "You'll have to get some furniture," Martin continued placidly. "Mahogany's the thing nowadays." "It's fearfully expensive," she murmured. "Oh, I don't know. Might as well get something good while we're buying.
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