Who does she get it from, Mary?"
Mrs. Braddock started as if stung. Her eyes dilated. It was the first
time he had called her by her Christian name.
"How dare you?" she cried, her breast heaving with suppressed anger.
He shook his head dejectedly. "I have much to learn, it seems."
She opened her lips to say more, but reconsidered, and abruptly turned
away, drawing Christine after her into the women's section.
Colonel Grand turned to David. "Young man," he said sharply, "I don't
like the way you look at me. Stop! Not a word, sir! I have taken up
the show business seriously. I find that our animal tamers are
entirely competent. What we need here is a tamer for vicious and
ungentle bipeds. There is a way to tame them, just as there is a way
to break the spirit of the lion or the tiger. It shall be my special
duty to deal with these unruly human beings. I hope you grasp my
meaning. It would not be to my liking to begin my experiments on a
young gentleman of Virginia."
"Sir, you've already begun!" cried David in a choking voice. "You may
do what you like with me, but you've just got to let _her_ alone.
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