And Fanny was there to keep it alive by her flattery of his money success.

And for Ethel, even still, it was decidedly unsafe to criticize Joe in some of his moods.

As autumn changed to winter, these moods grew much more frequent.

What was worrying him?
She couldn't find out.

She sent for Nourse and asked him, "What's going on in the office ?" "The press agent is pushing him hard," was Nourse's gloomy answer, "for that row of patriotic atrocities up on Riverside Drive." Ethel squirmed.
"But he won't!" she cried.