"You can't
fool Auntie Yetta. But you have come to the right place. I can tell
you that a larger assortment of beautiful young ladies you never
saw, Mr. Levinsky. And they're educated, too. If you don't find
your predestined one here you'll never find her. What do you say,
Mr. Rivesman?" she addressed the proprietor of the hotel, who
stood by and whom I had known for many years
"I agree with you thoroughly, Mrs. Kalch," he answered, smilingly.
"But Mr.
Levinsky tells me he can stay only one day with us."
"Plenty of time for a smart man to pick a girl in a place like this.
Besides, you just tell him that you have a lot of fine, educated
young ladies, Mr. Rivesman. He is an educated gentleman, Mr.
Levinsky is, and if he knows the kind of boarders you have he'll
stay longer." "I know Mr. Levinsky is an educated man,"
Rivesman answered. "As for our boarders, they're all
fine--superfine."
"So you've got to find your predestined one here," she resumed,
turning to me again. "Otherwise you can't leave this place.
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