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"The two antiseptic young e, heavy, depressed captain of the teaood luck, and Aunt Queen said jubilantly that we could now go up to the rooftop Grand Lumini¨¨re for a nice supper

"Goblin re up to the roof, I felt his right arht around me

"I was calculating; I was going to break in Mr Nash Penfield right I wasn't going to let him find out about all this in some delicate manner

"The restaurant proved acoh up over New Orleans, which was great, and huge arched ere open everywhere to the glowing afternoon around us There was a colonnade along the east side, where one could stroll in the open air, along a balustrade with Tuscan columns And within the circular roos in heavy ornate fra of art from all different centuries

"I noticed the Dutch art right away 'My God,' I said to Aunt Queen, 'we're surrounded by Rembrandts ¡¯

" 'No, dear, they're all fakes, or reproductions, as Rowan Mayfair likes to put it They were commissioned especially for the restaurant, but don't you worry You'll be in Ainals ¡¯

" 'What a dazzling idea,' I said 'Bringing it all here for people who don't want to go wandering ¡¯

" 'No, toots,' she said 'Don't fret about wandering There's Nash He's already at the table Please follow me ¡¯

"I took the measure of the restaurant before I took the measure of the man, and saw that all manner of people in all manner of dress were seated at the white draped tables Lots of patients in wheelchairs were dining with family members, it seeht on the town, and then there were uniformed doctors and nurses

"All the tables were round but they varied in size, and ours was set for four, which ihted me

"In suenized and deenuine beauty and refinened it

"The ere full of the sun-streaked sky, and I could see the twinkling lights of the two river bridges shining wonderfully in the dusk I loved it

"But noas time to see Nash and to introduce him to Goblin

"TheAunt Queen with her chair was taller even than me (at that time), probably by about two inches He had wavy black hair with a lot of gray at the sides, and he was dressed in a fine spring suit of blue-and-white seersucker

"His eyes were pale blue and he had rather deep lines in his face, giving him a bit of a jowled look, but he was in fact slender His expression was entirely wise and sympathetic, and he took my hand in his warmly