Dark Passage
“Its exactly six. And now we'll have some dinner. Feel hungry? He nodded.
She went into the kitchen. He could hear her moving around in there. He waited on the sofa, waited for dinner, waited for the buzzer to sound again, waited for Studebaker to come up with the police.
The dinner tasted fine, even though it went in through the glass straw. There was beef broth, there was the tan cream of a vegetable-beef stew, there was a butterscotch pudding thinned down to liquid. He gestured his willingn...ess to help with the dishes. She told him to go into the other room and play some records. He went in and got a Basie going under the needle. It was Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today. And Rushing was beginning to veil his heart out when the telephone rang.
Parry stood up. He looked at the telephone. It rang again just as Rushing repeated his cry that the moon looked lonely. She came out of the kitchen, looked at the phone, looked at Parry. She took a step toward the phone. It rang again.MoreLess
She went into the kitchen. He could hear her moving around in there. He waited on the sofa, waited for dinner, waited for the buzzer to sound again, waited for Studebaker to come up with the police.
The dinner tasted fine, even though it went in through the glass straw. There was beef broth, there was the tan cream of a vegetable-beef stew, there was a butterscotch pudding thinned down to liquid. He gestured his willingn...ess to help with the dishes. She told him to go into the other room and play some records. He went in and got a Basie going under the needle. It was Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today. And Rushing was beginning to veil his heart out when the telephone rang.
Parry stood up. He looked at the telephone. It rang again just as Rushing repeated his cry that the moon looked lonely. She came out of the kitchen, looked at the phone, looked at Parry. She took a step toward the phone. It rang again.MoreLess
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