She fixed her face in a shy kind of smile just in time to have him say, How lovely you look, Daughter, you must excuse ma sayin' so. There were a great many young men around in various uniforms, al rather drunk. She said Venice reminded her of Hol-land's in the old days. They'd made him an instructor and wouldn't let him go overseas and he was almost crazy out there in camp.
Mary tried to get them to take some money but theyshook their heads and said, We don't need a handout, we can woik. The little girls were lying on the floor read-ing the funny papers. He didn't stay long and went off someplace in a staffcar to confer with some high official or other. Those Russians wil eat her out of house and home.
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