[Vandover and the Brute by Frank Norris]@TWC D-Link bookVandover and the Brute CHAPTER Three 15/23
Geary said he would do the trick all over for her.
At this, however, they all cried out, and he had to give it up, very irritated at Henrietta's stupidity. Vexed at the ill success of this first trick, he retired a little from their conversation, puzzling over the cards, thinking out new tricks. Every now and then he came back among them, going about from one to another, holding out the deck and exclaiming, "Choose any card--choose any card." After a while they all adjourned to the dining-room and Turner and Vandover went out into the kitchen, foraging among the drawers and shelves.
They came back bringing with them a box of sardines, a tin of _pate_, three quart bottles of blue-ribbon beer, and what Vandover called "devilish-ham" sandwiches. "Now do we want _tamales_ to go with these ?" said Turner, as she spread the lunch on the table.
Henrietta Vance cried out joyfully at this, and young Haight volunteered to go out to get them.
"Get six," Turner cried out after him.
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