A Proper Pursuit
“A large group of pea pods and their dates joined us, including Haughty and Naughty. The Grant sisters greeted me like long-lost friends.
“What a fine-looking couple you two make,” Haughty said, looking us over.
“Don’t we?” Nelson replied. He treated me very possessively, as if letting the others know he had staked his claim. We conversed politely with everyone for a few minutes, then Nelson steered me away.
“I’ve had enough of them,” he said. “It takes forty-five minutes to get there, and I wan...t to enjoy the cruise with you.”
“I am enjoying it already.” We stood at the rail and watched as the ship steamed along the shoreline. Homes and factories, shipyards and church steeples slipped past us. Soon the fair’s domed buildings came into view, its towers and turrets topped with colorful flags and streamers. A little daylight remained in the warm June evening, and the setting sun leaked streams of vivid colors across the western sky.
“What do you think of your first view of the fair?”MoreLess
“What a fine-looking couple you two make,” Haughty said, looking us over.
“Don’t we?” Nelson replied. He treated me very possessively, as if letting the others know he had staked his claim. We conversed politely with everyone for a few minutes, then Nelson steered me away.
“I’ve had enough of them,” he said. “It takes forty-five minutes to get there, and I wan...t to enjoy the cruise with you.”
“I am enjoying it already.” We stood at the rail and watched as the ship steamed along the shoreline. Homes and factories, shipyards and church steeples slipped past us. Soon the fair’s domed buildings came into view, its towers and turrets topped with colorful flags and streamers. A little daylight remained in the warm June evening, and the setting sun leaked streams of vivid colors across the western sky.
“What do you think of your first view of the fair?”MoreLess
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