The image, Laura guessed, that Judge Slocum demanded. But the boys set her straight right away. The guests gathered in the dining room, the lace-covered tableresplendent with Lenox china, Waterford crystal, Jensen silver. What happened to Papa? Now Iris's voice was a thin, terrifiedwail.
Laura harboured a heavy senseof having failed her sister. Jonnie and Katie sent postcards home to their mother, then wentwith Iris and Doris to buy a present for her at the huge GaleriesLafayette the venerable Paris department store. If you could cut back the loan by a million or two, you'd save abundle in interest. Walking into the great hall with frescoes on its vaulted ceilings Irisdecided this was more impressive than any Hollywood set.
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