3/15 You keep my aunt and sister in the courtyard talking to the parrot or something until the omnibus arrives. I'll attend to the rest--do you understand ?' Gustavo nodded with glistening eyes. He had always felt stirring within him powers for diplomacy, for finesse, and he rose to the occasion magnificently. He, too, was developing an undreamed of appetite for intrigue, and his capacity in that direction was expanding to meet it. He had covered the first flight, when Gustavo suddenly remembered the letter and bounded after. |