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Chapter 18

           Thetimeshelaughedmostwaslater,whensixofthem,thebestofthem,noblestrelicsoftheevening,stoodintheduskyfrontlobbyoftheRitztellingthenightconciergethatGeneralPershingwasoutsideandwantedcaviareandchampagne."Hebrooksnodelay.Everyman,everygunisathisservice."Franticwaitersemergedfromnowhere,atablewassetinthelobby,andAbecameinrepresentingGeneralPershingwhiletheystoodupandmumbledrememberedfragmentsofwarsongsathim.Inthewaiters’injuredreactiontothisanti-climaxtheyfoundthemselvesneglected,sotheybuiltawaitertrapahugeandfantasticdeviceconstructedofallthefurnitureinthelobbyandfunctioninglikeoneofthebizarremachinesofaGoldbergcartoon.Abeshookhisheaddoubtfullyatit.

           "Perhapsitwouldbebettertostealamusicalsawand"

           "That’senough,"Maryinterrupted."WhenAbebeginsbringingupthatit’stimetogohome."AnxiouslysheconfidedtoRosemary:

           "I’vegottogetAbehome.Hisboattrainleavesateleven.It’ssoimportantIfeelthewholefuturedependsonhiscatchingit,butwheneverIarguewithhimhedoestheexactopposite."

           "I’lltryandpersuadehim,"offeredRosemary.

           "Wouldyou?"Marysaiddoubtfully."Maybeyoucould."

           ThenDickcameuptoRosemary:

           "NicoleandIaregoinghomeandwethoughtyou’dwanttogowithus."

           Herfacewaspalewithfatigueinthefalsedawn.Twowandarkspotsinhercheekmarkedwherethecolorwasbyday.

           "Ican’t,"shesaid.

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