Juice
“Davis said flatly, “I’m still not sure where my duty lies. If we can pull this off, well and good; otherwise I’m still a practicing lawyer with an obligation to himself and to the man who retained him.”
“In that order,” Harrison said.
“Of course in that order.” Davis smiled. His voice altered. Earnestly, worried, sincere, shaking his head sadly, he said, “You got to look out for number one.”
Harrison laughed. “That’s a nice shirt,” he said. “Why don’t you get your suit pressed?”
“It was pressed yesterday,” Davis said dolefully. “I don’t know what it is with me.” He yawned. “Let’s go back to the ladies. You’re a stout fellow and a stalwart friend, but you lack a certain rondeur.”
“Good,” Joe said. “By now they’ll have organized.”
“The league of unfrightened women,” Davis said. “They were organized before you or I ever thought of it. Shaw called it the trades-unionism of women. They’re born aware of the enemy. Ultimately they find they must marry him, faute de mieux; and they never agai...n find it possible to cherish an illusion.MoreLess
“In that order,” Harrison said.
“Of course in that order.” Davis smiled. His voice altered. Earnestly, worried, sincere, shaking his head sadly, he said, “You got to look out for number one.”
Harrison laughed. “That’s a nice shirt,” he said. “Why don’t you get your suit pressed?”
“It was pressed yesterday,” Davis said dolefully. “I don’t know what it is with me.” He yawned. “Let’s go back to the ladies. You’re a stout fellow and a stalwart friend, but you lack a certain rondeur.”
“Good,” Joe said. “By now they’ll have organized.”
“The league of unfrightened women,” Davis said. “They were organized before you or I ever thought of it. Shaw called it the trades-unionism of women. They’re born aware of the enemy. Ultimately they find they must marry him, faute de mieux; and they never agai...n find it possible to cherish an illusion.MoreLess
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