"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional ladyLoos, Anita
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"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional lady
Loos, Anita
Diary fiction; Humorous stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
So then she said that Henry began to get restless. So then she told him
she was very glad I was going to get married at last because I had had
such bad luck, that every time I became engaged something seemed to
happen to my fiance. So Henry asked her what, for instance. So Dorothy
said a couple were in the insane asylum, one had shot himself for debt,
and the county farm was taking care of the remainder. So Henry asked
her how they got that way. So Dorothy told him it was nothing but my
extravagants, and she told him that she was surprised that he had never
heard about it, because all I had to do was to take luncheon at the
Ritz with some prominent broker and the next day the bottom would drop
out of the market. And she told him that she did not want to insinuate
anything, but that I had dined with a very, very prominent German the
day before German marks started to colapse.
So I became almost frantic and I told Dorothy to hold Henry at the
apartment until I could get up there and explain. So I held the
telephone while Dorothy went to see if Henry would wait. So Dorothy
came back in a minute and she said that the parlor was empty, but that
if I would hurry down to Broadway no doubt I would see a cloud of dust
heading towards the Pennsylvania station, and that would be Henry.
So then I went back to Mr. Montrose, and I told him that I must catch
Henry at the Pennsylvania Station at any cost. And if anyone were to
say that we left the Primrose tea room in a hurry, they would be
putting it quite mildly. So we got to the Pennsylvania station and I
just had time to get on board the train to Philadelphia and I left Mr.
Montrose standing at the train biting his finger nails in all of his
anxiety. But I called out to him to go to his Hotel and I would
telephone the result as soon as the train arrived.
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