The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon
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Mary had recovered her composure as his distress had increased and looked steadily into his steel blue eyes inquiringly. "You see," he went on, in low hurried tones, "I'm all worked up about the mountains of North Carolina-- thinkin' o' goin' down there to Asheville in a car, an' I want to look the bloomin' place up and kind o' get my bearin's before I start. A lawyer friend o' mine told me to come here and I'd find all the maps in the Century Dictionary. The man at the desk out there told me to come in this room and look in the shelves on the left and take it right out. Gee, the place is so big, I get all rattled. I found the Century Dictionary on that shelf----" He paused and smiled helplessly. "I thought a dictionary was one book--there's a dozen of 'em marked alike. I'm afraid to pull 'em all down an' I don't know where to begin-- COULD you help me--please?" "Certainly, with pleasure," she answered, quickly rising and leading the way back to the shelf at which he had been gazing. "You want the atlas volume," she explained, drawing the book from the shelf and returning to the seat. |
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