Experiment in Crime
“And one of the ironies is this: the good deed of a good man may be observed by thousands and will be forgotten in a day, but any appearance of scandalous behavior in a decent citizen will get itself bruited about indefinitely. The good repute of Professor Burke was caught in this process, by an almost expectable chance. On the evening of his visit with Double-O Sanders, two undergraduates had been dancing in the patio of the Bombay Royale Hotel.
As they came through the lobby to summon their ca...r and start home, they saw two persons emerge from an elevator.
The girl undergraduate said, "Why--there's Professor Burke--and a babe! Who would have imagined such a thing?" Naturally, they hung back a little and thus observed the good-night kiss tendered to the professor by the" young lady.
By evening of the day following, the story had progressed through a considerable portion of the student body.
Because of it, Miss Marigold Macey was listless the next morning at breakfast.
Her mother noticed it as she quietly engineered the juice squeezer, the toaster, the percolator and the waffle griddle.MoreLess
As they came through the lobby to summon their ca...r and start home, they saw two persons emerge from an elevator.
The girl undergraduate said, "Why--there's Professor Burke--and a babe! Who would have imagined such a thing?" Naturally, they hung back a little and thus observed the good-night kiss tendered to the professor by the" young lady.
By evening of the day following, the story had progressed through a considerable portion of the student body.
Because of it, Miss Marigold Macey was listless the next morning at breakfast.
Her mother noticed it as she quietly engineered the juice squeezer, the toaster, the percolator and the waffle griddle.MoreLess
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