Mountain Storms
“said Gloria, “if you have made up your mind to believe, no one can dissuade you.”
“Don’t be disagreeable, Glory,” said her father with a frown.
“I’m trying my level best not to be,” said Gloria, “but, ever since you hunted in Africa, you’ve been entranced by fables,” and she smiled as her father bit his lip in vexation.
She was probably the only person in the world who refused to take her distinguished father altogether seriously. Others were mightily impressed by the reputation of this man who... could shoot lions one day and write learnedly about them from a biological viewpoint on the next, and who, above all, had taken more folklore out of Africa than almost any other human being. But to Gloria, John Hampton Themis was first and foremost the father of Gloria. Besides, she had not wanted to take this trip into the mountains. At eighteen, Paris was infinitely more attractive. Although she had forced herself to be amiable when her father insisted that she learn something about her own country before she pried into “the truth about Europe,”MoreLess
“Don’t be disagreeable, Glory,” said her father with a frown.
“I’m trying my level best not to be,” said Gloria, “but, ever since you hunted in Africa, you’ve been entranced by fables,” and she smiled as her father bit his lip in vexation.
She was probably the only person in the world who refused to take her distinguished father altogether seriously. Others were mightily impressed by the reputation of this man who... could shoot lions one day and write learnedly about them from a biological viewpoint on the next, and who, above all, had taken more folklore out of Africa than almost any other human being. But to Gloria, John Hampton Themis was first and foremost the father of Gloria. Besides, she had not wanted to take this trip into the mountains. At eighteen, Paris was infinitely more attractive. Although she had forced herself to be amiable when her father insisted that she learn something about her own country before she pried into “the truth about Europe,”MoreLess
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