Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
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feeling the bracing air of which Harry had spoken. This was the
North, the North--her land now! "Then blow, ye winds, heighho! A-roving I will go," she chanted exultantly to herself. "What's 'at?" inquired the porter politely. "I said: 'Brush me off.'" The long wires of the telegraph poles doubled, two tracks ran up beside the train--three--four; came a succession of white-roofed houses, a glimpse of a trolley-car with frosted windows, streets--more streets--the city. She stood for a dazed moment in the frosty station before she saw three fur-bundled figures descending upon her. "There she is!" "Oh, Sally Carrol!" Sally Carrol dropped her bag. "Hi!" A faintly familiar icy-cold face kissed her, and then she was in a group of faces all apparently emitting great clouds of heavy |
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