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Her voice was a frightened child's. I put an arm around her and made what I hoped were comforting sounds. She cried on my lapel. The telephone beside the bed began to ring. In the next room Rise and Shine was coming through the radio. My glass was empty. " She sobbed again. " "Please don't tease me," she said humbly. Nora, coming in to answer the telephone, looked questioningly at me. I made a face at her over the girl's head. When Nora said "Hello" into the telephone, the girl stepped quickly back away from me and blushed.
Dorothy said she wanted to talk to me, so we carried our cocktails into the bedroom. She came to the point right away. " "No," I said. " I nodded. " She stared at her glass while saying, "He's my father. I never liked him. " She looked up at me. " Gilbert was her brother. "Don't let that worry you. " She scowled at me. " "It's not that," I explained. " I shook my head. "You were all right, just a spoiled kid. " she asked, not argumentatively, but as if she really wanted to know. "Different things.
She laughed and held her hands out to me. "Merry Christmas. It's awfully good to see you after all these years. This is my husband. Mr. Charles. " I said, "I'm glad to see you, Mimi," and shook hands with Jorgensen. He was probably five years younger than his wife, a tall thin erect dark man, carefully dressed and sleek, with smooth hair and a waxed mustache. He bowed from the waist. "How do you do, Mr. " His accent was heavy, Teutonic, his hand was lean and muscular. We went inside. Mimi, when the introductions were over, apologized to Nora for popping in on us.