You know my theory,--a theory rather forced upon
me, in truth, by circumstances,--that the best way to enjoy a good meal is
to have had a string of poor ones. Well, since coming back, and with no
permanent arrangements made, I have had plenty of chance for getting into
position to appreciate the really first-class. There was a color-scheme in
pale pink--ribbons of that color, pink icing on the cakes, and so on. The
same thing could be done, and done charmingly, in light green--with
pistache ice-cream. Of course the candle-shades were pink too."
His eye wandered toward a small triangular closet, made off from the room
by a flimsy and faded calico-print curtain.
"I had my dress-suit cleaned and pressed, but the lapels of the coat came
out rather shiny, and I thought it better to hire one for the occasion.
There was no trouble about a fit--I have standardized shoulders, as you
know.
"Of course I miss you all the time, and I assuredly missed you just here.
If it is really true, as you write, that you are holding your summer gains
and weigh twelve pounds more than you did at the end of June, and if you
are thinking of getting a new suit, please bear in mind that my own won't
last much longer.
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