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           Elliecametohimthenextday,lookingtroubled.Louiswasworkingonamodelinhisstudy.Thisonewasa1917Rolls-RoyceSilverGhost680pieces,over50movingparts.Itwasnearlydone,andhecouldalmostimaginetheliveriedchauffeur,directdescendantofeighteenth-andnineteenth-centuryEnglishcoachmen,sittingimperiallybehindthewheel.

           Hehadbeenmodel-crazysincehistenthyear.HehadbegunwithaWorldWarISpadthathisUncleCarlhadbroughthim,hadworkedhiswaythroughmostoftheRevellairplanes,andhadmovedontobiggerandbetterthingsinhisteensandtwenties.Therehadbeenaboats-in-bottlesphaseandawar-machinesphaseandevenaphaseinwhichhehadbuiltgunssorealisticitwashardtobelievetheywouldn’tfirewhenyoupulledthetriggerColtsandWinchestersandLugers,evenaBuntlineSpecial.Overthelastfiveyearsorso,ithadbeenthebigcruiseships.AmodeloftheLusitaniaandoneoftheTitanicsatonhisshelvesathisuniversityoffice,andtheAndreaDoria,completedjustbeforetheyleftChicago,wascurrentlycruisingthemantel-pieceintheirlivingroom.Nowhehadmovedontoclassiccars,andifpreviouspatternsheldtrue,hesupposeditwouldbefourorfiveyearsbeforetheurgetodosomethingnewstruckhim.Rachellookedonthis,hisonlyrealhobby,withawifelyindulgencethatheld,hesupposed,someelementsofcontempt;evenaftertenyearsofmarriagesheprobablythoughthewouldgrowoutofit.

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