Ashley Bell: a Novel
“St. Croix were Wrong People or were compatriots of another kind, conspiring for their own purposes, the professor seemed to regard Norm’s with the disdain that Bibi imagined Terezin and his pals would hold toward any restaurant lacking white tablecloths and designer china. Before her stood only an untouched glass of water. Her expression was more sour than usual, and she sat with the shoulders-back rigidity and lifted chin of a stern advocate of temperance who found herself unaccountably in a t...avern. Her apparent contempt was not directed at Coy, as he plowed through his pancakes, for the two of them were engaged in animated conversation that seemed to amuse rather than offend him.
Before they might take notice of her, Bibi turned away from them, sat down, and fished enough money out of her purse to pay the entire bill, which she left on the table with the tip. At the back of the room were double portholed doors to the kitchen, and she headed for them as though she had legitimate business with someone on the staff, her face averted from Chubb Coy and his date.MoreLess
Before they might take notice of her, Bibi turned away from them, sat down, and fished enough money out of her purse to pay the entire bill, which she left on the table with the tip. At the back of the room were double portholed doors to the kitchen, and she headed for them as though she had legitimate business with someone on the staff, her face averted from Chubb Coy and his date.MoreLess
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