owl-room

Updated: May 2, 2025

It was a graceful foot in an old shoe which had been re-soled and patched. It seemed very still, that patched shoe, as if it might stay still forever. Hedrick knew that Laura had not fainted, but he wished she would move her foot. He went away. He went into the owl-room again, and stood there silently a long, long time.

Booth Tarkington - The Flirt