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Updated: May 25, 2025

Her old friend put on his glasses, gravely looked, and reversed the volume. He laughed, and then he sighed. "I was thinking of the country, Judith. It's the only book that is interesting now and the recital's tragic, my dear; the recital's tragic!" From the hall came Edward Cary's voice, "Judith, Judith, we want you for the reel!" In the drawing-room the music quickened.

Mary Johnston - The Long Roll

Buzz hitched himself up with a characteristic gesture, and plunged into his story. His audience listened entranced, interrupting him with an occasional "Je's!" of awed admiration. But the thing seemed to lack a certain something. Perhaps Casey put his finger on that something when, at the recital's finish he asked: "Didn't he see you was goin' to hit him?" "No. He never see a thing."

Edna Ferber - Cheerful—By Request