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Here I had found a man not made from dust; one who had no narrow boasts of birthplace or country, one who, if he bragged at all, would brag of his whole round globe against the Martians and the inhabitants of the Moon. Expression on these subjects was precipitated from E. Rushmore Coglan by the third corner to our table.
Rushmore thought it bad enough that she should accept the offer of the motor car, but was beginning to understand that the machine had quite irresistible temptations for all persons under fifty. She was even a little shocked that Margaret should go alone to Paris under the sole protection of the chauffeur, though she would have thought it infinitely worse if Logotheti himself had appeared.
Rushmore expressed herself again. 'Margaret, said she, 'I'm surprised at you. It makes no difference what you say. I'm surprised. The words were spoken with a slow and melancholy intonation that might have indicated anything but astonishment. 'Yes, Margaret remarked rather desperately, 'I don't wonder. I suppose I've been flirting outrageously with them both.
I am not at all anxious to have her know that I have had a hand in the matter in fact, I had rather that she shouldn't, if you don't object. Mrs. Rushmore looked hard at him.
I was glad that I'd be interested in Skinny and now I could see he was different from all of us kind of wonderful-I don't know how to tell you. His eyes were so big, and wild, and starey. And he said things in such a funny way and he got so excited. Up at Temple Camp, afterwards, Mr. Ellsworth told Jeb Rushmore that Skinny was inspired, but I don't know just what he meant.
One of us mentioned three Wuerzburgers to the waiter; the dark-haired young man acknowledged his inclusion in the order by a smile and a nod. I hastened to ask him a question because I wanted to try out a theory I had. "Would you mind telling me," I began, "whether you are from " The fist of E. Rushmore Coglan banged the table and I was jarred into silence.
We have all done the things we are known for, and we are not in love with Mrs. Rushmore, though she is a very agreeable woman! She wouldn't care to call me Tom, would she? 'I don't know, Margaret answered with a laugh. 'She might! 'At all events, it's not necessary to tell her, said Lushington. 'No.
Rushmore with firmness, 'I don't, and I think it very strange that a clever girl like you should be so easily taken in by a foreigner. Much worse than a foreigner, my dear! A Greek is almost as bad as a Turk, and we all know what Turks are! Fancy a decent young woman trusting herself alone with a Turk! I declare, it's not to be believed! Your dear mother's daughter too!
Rushmore, in her generosity, would have liked to practise some such affectionate deception, and she would try almost anything, however hopeless, rather than let Margaret be a professional singer. The American woman was not puritanical; she had lived too much in Europe for that and had met many clever people, not to say men of much more than mere talent, who had made big marks on their times.
'Oh, and pray, what has happened to Mr. Lushington? inquired Mrs. Rushmore. 'I was on the wrong side of the road, and the car knocked me off my bicycle, added Lushington. 'They kindly stopped to pick me up. They thought I was hurt. 'Well you are, said Mrs. Rushmore. 'Why don't you get into the automobile and let Monsieur Logotheti take you home?
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