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He threw his thin, long, pale hands wide, his face expressive as he scanned over my body with contempt

"Aren't you a little old to try to be seductive?" "Have you ever heard of exercise, Joel?" I asked i Just stay away from our rooms and your eyes won't be so scandalized"

"You are disrespectful to someone older and wiser," he said sharply

"If I aize But your words and your expression offendour visit, stay away froe house hasthe doors"

He stiffly turned away, but not before I'd seen the indignation in his eyes I hurried to stare after hi if I could be mistaken, and he was only a harmless old man who couldn't ize Instead I took off hts of Jory and his wife co me, I went to find Chris I hesitated outside Bart's office door and listened to hi for ato him made me feel numb inside Oh, Bart, you don't realize some won't come, and if they do, Lord help us all

As I continued to stand there, I heard hiuests, and they were not all from this country Many were notables froe days he'd been tireless in his efforts to see the world and to meet important people, people who ruled and dominated either with political power, brains, or financial wizardry I thought his restlessness was due to his inability to be happy in one place, and he was always longing for the next greener, farther field

"They'll all come," he said to the party on the other end of the line "When they read my invitation, they won't be able to decline"

He hung up, then swung his chair about to face ?"

"It's a habit I caught fro" He scowled

"Bart, why don't you just make your party a faers around here won't want to co to the tales my mother used to tell us, they have always disliked the Foxworths, who had too much when they had too little The Foxworths caers had to stay And please don't include the local society, even if Joel has told you they are his friends, and therefore yours and ours

"Afraid that your sins will be found out, Mother?" he asked without mercy I was accustomed to this, but nevertheless I recoiled inwardly Was it so terrible that Chris and I lived together as man and wife? Weren't the newspapers full of much worse crimes than ours?

"Oh, coe" His bronzed face took on a cheerful, excited look, as if nothing I said would daunt his excite the best of everything When the word spreads around, and it will because inia, and he loves to boast, no one will be able to resist co to New York and to Hollywood for entertainers, and what's more, I'm sure everyone ant to see Jory and Melodie dance"

Surprise and happiness filled me "Have you asked them?"

"No, but how can my own brother and sister-inlaw refuse? You see, Mother, I'arden, in the lobes I'hts will play upon the sprinkling water There'll be ine by the crates, and every other liquor you can na a theater constructed in the midst of a wonderworld of fantasy where tables will be covered with beautiful cloths of every color Color upon color Floill be banked all over I'll show the world just what a Foxworth can do"

On and on he enthused