9/23 For Mary Vertrees had been a shining figure in the little world of late given to the view of this humble and elusive outsider, and spectators sometimes find their hearts beating faster than those of the actors in the spectacle. He started and stared; he lifted his hat with incredible awkwardness, his fingers fumbling at his forehead before they found the brim. I--" She stopped, not lacking a momentary awkwardness of her own. "I'll--I'll be de--Won't you get in ?" In that manner and in that place they exchanged their first words. |