[The Voice in the Fog by Harold MacGrath]@TWC D-Link bookThe Voice in the Fog CHAPTER XII 3/4
"He was very nice about the hat.
Most men would have been in a frightful temper over it." "I'm beginning to like him, too, mother.
It was cruel, but I wanted to shout with laughter as he dodged in and out of the throng.
Did you notice how he smiled when he showed it to me? A woman stepped on it. When she screamed I thought there was going to be a riot." "He's the most guileless young man I ever saw." "He really and truly is," assented Kitty. "I like him because he isn't afraid to climb up five flights of tenement stairs, or to shake hands with the tenants themselves.
I was afraid at first." "Afraid of what ?" "That you might have made a mistake in selecting him so casually for our secretary." "Perhaps I have," murmured Kitty, under her breath. Alone in her bedroom the smile left Kitty's face.
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