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Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958

"Dangerous Days"

Her underclothes, too!"
The immodesty of the idea made her face burn with anger.
Late that night Herman came back.
Herman had been a difficult proposition for Rudolph to handle. His
innate caution, his respect for law and, under his bullying
exterior, a certain physical cowardice, made him slow to move in
the direction Rudolph was urging. He was controversial. He liked
to argue over the beer and schnitzel Rudolph bought. And Rudolph
was growing impatient.
Rudolph himself was all eagerness and zeal. It was his very zeal
that was his danger, although it brought him slavish followers. He
was contemptuous, ill-tempered, and impatient, but, of limited
intelligence himself, he understood for that very reason the mental
processes of those he would lead. There was a certain simplicity
even in his cunning. With Herman he was a ferret driving out of
their hiding-places every evil instinct that lay dormant. Under
his goading, Herman was becoming savage, sullen, and potentially
violent.


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