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He smiled at the thought that a man's life becomes a house of his friends.... Torvin reported that Miss Grey had disposed of several pictures direct from her studio; that he had marketed eight pictures beside the ones shipped to Equatoria, and that there was a sprightly demand for her work.... That night, as Bedient ascended the stairs, a long sigh escaped him.
Beth faltered at the door, for the song hurled her back to an hour ago with bruising force. She re-entered the little room to fix her hat.... "You weren't long, Beth," the Grey One said. "No?... I'm glad of that, but speaking of glad things, let us not forget Torvin." Beth was already turning out the lights. "You look a little tired, dear," the Grey One said in the elevator.
"Possibly the piano could tell tales; I know my 'cello could," said the Grey One. "Beth, dear, I am touching wood, and praying to preserve 'an humble and a contrite heart, but reeking with commerce. Sold three pictures real pictures. The one that was hanging at Torvin's so long was sold four days ago, and Torvin immediately took two more "
Bedient rode back to the hacienda during the morning.... How strange it will be alone, he thought; stranger still, he faced the prospect without dread.... A hush had fallen upon the hills, and upon his heart. Some mysterious movement was stirring at the centres of his life.... A box of pictures had come on the Henlopen; also a letter from Torvin.
"Margie Grey, there are few things you could tell to make me happier," Beth exclaimed, coming forward with both hands out. "I know it. That's why I came." "With Torvin interested, anything is liable to happen. He's one of the few in New York who know, and those who buy carefully know he knows.
Beth never forgot some of Bedient's sentences.... Then she told him about the new life of the Grey One; of the latter's call on Wednesday, with the great news about Torvin, and of the telephone message yesterday. "More buyers have been to her studio," Beth said. "You see, Torvin can do anything. A whisper from him and they buy.
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