' Knowing their high-falutin' rendition of almost
everything else I would take my chance on 'fine.' Son, your
phrase means 'a fine girl.' "
Donald looked down at the flower in his buttonhole, and then he
looked straight at his father.
"And only the Lord knows, Dad," he said soberly, "exactly how
fine Linda-girl is."
CHAPTER XXVI. A Mouse Nest
LINDA DEAREST:
I am delighted that you had such a wonderful birthday. I would
take a shot in air that anything you don't understand about it
you might with reasonable safety charge to Katherine O'Donovan.
I think it was great of her to have a suitable and a becoming
dress waiting for you and a congenial man like Peter Morrison to
dine with you. He appealed to me as being a rare character,
highly original, and, I should think, to those who know him well
he must be entertaining and lovable in the extreme. I never
shall be worried about you so long as I know that he is taking
care of you.
I should not be surprised if some day I meet Eileen somewhere,
because Dana and I are going about more than you would believe
possible. I heartily join with you in wishing her every good
that life can bring her. I don't want to be pessimistic, but I
can't help feeling, Linda, that she is taking a poor way to win
the best, and I gravely doubt whether she finds it in the
spending of unlimited quantities of the money of a coarse man who
stumbled upon his riches accidentally, as has many a man of
California and Colorado.
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