[The President by Alfred Henry Lewis]@TWC D-Link bookThe President CHAPTER X 30/33
This in the White House--the palace of their President! Storri was more and more convinced that the Americans were a rabble and not a people! "Remember!" said Richard, and the tones were like a threat of death. That evening, early, Richard met Dorothy at Bess Marklin's.
He made no revelations touching his colloquy with Storri.
There was a thick down-come of snow, and the new flakes covered the street like feathers to a fluffy depth of two inches.
As Dorothy and Richard reached the sidewalk on Dorothy's return to the Harley house, Richard, with the abrupt remark: "I'll save you from the snow, my dear!" caught Dorothy in those Pict arms and strode across. Dorothy was so amazed by this gallant attention that she was over before she spoke a word.
As Richard landed her, light as a leaf, within her father's portals, she said in remonstrance: "What made you do it? Did you not see that odious Storri coming ?" "It was for Storri I did it.
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