I was conscious of my consuming passion
for Anna. Dora interested and annoyed me at once
I treated her as a dear old friend. She, however, persisted in
wearing a mask of politeness, as if she had come strictly on
business arid there had never been any other relations between us
"Everybody is all right, thank you," she answered
"Is Lucy married?"
"Oh, she has a beautiful little girl of two years. But I do want to
tell you about Margolis. The man is simply crazy, and I want to
warn you not to take him seriously. Above all, don't let him take
you up to the house. Not for anything in the world. That's what
brings me here this morning."
"Why? What's the trouble?"
"Oh, it would take too long to tell," she answered. "And it isn't
important, either. The main thing is that you should not let him
get into business relations with you, or into any other kind of
relations, for that matter."
Her English was a striking improvement upon what it had been
sixteen years before. As we continued to talk it became evident to
me that she was a well-read, well-informed woman.
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