13/54 Under the electric lights she looked as if she was in a golden aura, scintillating with stars. He was talking to Ruth, and he could not finish the word he was saying. Ruth thought he was going to faint----" "Don't tell me such nonsense." "Well, grandmother, this nonsense is truth. As I said before, Ruth took him aside until he got control of himself; then, as he was Dora's escort, he had to go to her. |