"Of course," she added, "we expected you yesterday
up to the very last minute." When he asked her who exactly she meant by
we she answered, "The Rodmans and John and Alice Luce. It was all
arranged for you. Borden Rodman sent us some ducks; I remembered how
you liked them, and I asked the others and cooked them myself. That's
mixed, but you know what I mean. I had oysters and the thick tomato
soup with crusts and Brussels sprouts; and I sent to town for the
alligator pears and meringue. I suppose it can't be helped, and it's
all over now, but you might have let me know."
"I am sorry, Fanny," he acknowledged; "at the last so much piled up to
do. Mina Raff was very doubtful. I can't tell if I accomplished
anything with her or not." Fanny seemed to have lost all interest in
Peyton Morris's affair. "I had dinner with Mina and talked a long
while. At bottom she is sensible enough; and very sensitive. I like
sensitive women."
"You mean that you like other women to be sensitive," she corrected
him; "whenever I am, you get impatient and say I'm looking for
trouble."
There was, he replied, a great deal in what she said; and it must be
remedied. At this she gazed at him for a speculative second. "Where did
you take Mina Raff to dinner?" she asked; "and what did you do
afterward?" He told her. "She was so tired that she went back to the
Plaza before ten.
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