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You know, I like business. And
I like big figures. Poor people always do. Has it really gone
through? I mean, those things do slip up sometimes, don't they.
"It's gone through, all right. Signed, sealed, and delivered."
Encouraged by her interest, he elaborated on the new work. He even
developed an enthusiasm for it, to his own surprise. And the girl
listened intently, leaning forward so that her arm brushed his
shoulder. Her eyes, slightly narrowed, watched him closely. She
knew every move of the game she was determining to play.
Marion Hayden, at twenty-five, knew already what her little world
had not yet realized, that such beauty as she had had was the
beauty of youth only, and that that was going. Late hours, golf,
perhaps a little more champagne than was necessary at dinners, and
the mornings found her almost plain. And, too, she had the far
vision of the calculating mind. She knew that if the country
entered the war, every eligible man she knew would immediately
volunteer.


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