He came to feel superior to large, plushy
hotels.
To divide it was like the division of property
after afuneral. Weve had so many happy times, just youand I together!
Andat last the sunset turned the dark leaded glass
behind the horsesof San Marco into gold. She told him that she was Nande Azeredo, as
though he ought to knowwho she was. As to whether Sam himself was any happier, she
never inquired. Suppose I said,All right, you leave Berlin today, for good, and Ill
stay. But of course one couldnt buy the horriblething!
Though how unimportant that part is, a man likeyou
could never understand. It brought back a day on the Roman Campagna, a windy radiant
day offast walking.
I have kep telling her she does not appreciateyou.
She was so shrill: her conversations started with a shriekand ended with a
howl.
I used to sneak up to her little room, underthe
eaves, to worship, it. Oh, Sam darling,you and I cant get along
together.
But if Itold you how much I like and admire you,
you would think I was asentimental fool.
Ill instruct my bank to send you ten thousand a
year, on top ofyour own money. He had a vision of such loneliness as he hadknown in
Paris at the Select. I wouldnt, I guess, ifthe shoe was on the other
foot.
But of course one couldnt buy the horriblething!
But you must, by God, understand, whenNande Azeredo takes a man, it iss because she
likes him! I dont mean to bequite as nasty as I sound!
He looked the zealot, he said it like a
crusader.
If Fran knew that Kurt had called, she gave no
sign.
Bluntly, he could not go off to the Far East and
leave Franunprotected.
It was not easy for him to pick up acquaintances.
Thus slowly and painfullyperceiving a world vaster than he had known. Once a man who
was asking for his mail at the Guaranty Trust said,Arent you Mr.
Sheseemed so slim and young and defenseless, so
alone in the graycity.
He had a vision of such loneliness as he hadknown
in Paris at the Select. Dodsworth, the motor magnate, whohas a right to commandeer
my soul and my dreams and my body! I used to sneak up to her little room, underthe
eaves, to worship, it. But you must, by God, understand, whenNande Azeredo takes a
man, it iss because she likes him!