Full-bosomed of body and short of leg, she looked close kin to
a frog in her tight-fitting purple gown with its iridescent
trimmings, and low-cut neck; and from her silver-buckled slippers to
the crimped and russet-colored transformation on her head, which had
slipped somewhat to one side, my eyes went up and then went down, and
I knew if Harrie ever married her daughter his punishment would begin
on earth.
"Yes, indeed, everybody's got a mental weakness, and I'm thankful
mine's no worse than forgetting names. I ought to remember yours,
though. It makes you think of funerals and weddings and things like
that. I love names which--"
"Her name is Heath, mother! _Not_ Wreath."
"Oh yes--of course! This certainly is a beautiful day. If El Paso
hadn't been so far away we'd have brought one of our cars with us,
but I don't see any sense spending all that money when you can hire
cars so cheap by the hour. Madeleine don't like to ride in hired
cars. I like any kind of car."
So far I had had no opportunity of doing more than bend my head, a
chance to speak not having been permitted me, but, at her mother's
pause for breath, the girl at the window looked down upon the street
and then turned her face toward me.
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