[The President by Alfred Henry Lewis]@TWC D-Link bookThe President CHAPTER XVI 41/43
Storri came to the house; Richard stayed away; the conclusion was natural and solitary, and Dorothy would marry Storri.
Mrs.Hanway-Harley, fully understanding the currents of events and the flowing thereof, became serenely joyful, and the charm of her manner gained accent from those clouds so visibly resting upon Mr.Harley and Dorothy.
Yes, indeed; it must not be written that the sun did not shine for Mrs.Hanway-Harley, whose conversation the satirical Storri told the San Reve was as the conversation of a magpie. * * * * * Tuesday came, and the President of this republic shook a pugnacious fist beneath the German nose.
Some impression of the weird suddenness of the maneuver might have been gathered from the comment of Senator Gruff. Speaking for the Senate, that sagacious man remarked: "It came down upon us like a pan of milk from a top shelf!" In Wall Street the effect was all that Mr.Bayard foretold.
Prices began to melt and dwindle like ice in August.
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