Following it with aletter of explanation, he added: I said to her, 'There isn't money enough in America to hire me to leaveyou for one day. As is your little accident last night. The Consul for Odessa read the address and the Czar said frequently, Good--very good; indeed --and at the close, I am very, very grateful. She loves dynamite.
There is a flavor of the 'Innocents' about it; then a little furtheralong: I saw small steamboats, with their signs up-- For Wissahickon and Manayunk 25 cents. Er-everything all right with the girl? Yes, quite, I said, for I knew he did not want explanations, only assurance that he wouldn't have to do anything. Masculine ego is a frightful nuisance. The men he indicated exchanged dubious looks.
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