The Golden Age (2012)
“The ladies embraced and all that Caroline could think of, as she gazed over Cissy’s shoulder at the marble staircase, was the young man at the party making his way up the stairs to prepare himself as sacrificial goat upon peach-tinted crepe-de-chine sheets.
“You’ll have him all to yourself.” Cissy broke from their sisterly embrace. “I’ve got a meeting at the paper. Anyway, it’s better you see your old beau alone for lunch, just the two of you in the study.”
“Old beau? I thought it was to be the... two of us.” Caroline wondered if the old beau might be James Burden Day; wondered if, after so many years, they would have anything to talk about.
“It’s a surprise for you, and a joy for him, of course, particularly if you’d talk about Harry Hopkins. I’ll join you all later.”
“I’ve nothing to tell. I hardly see him. He’s busy arranging the election for a president who says he won’t campaign.”
“Franklin always waits until Labor Day. By which time I’m afraid poor Wendell will have lost what little voice he has.”MoreLess
“You’ll have him all to yourself.” Cissy broke from their sisterly embrace. “I’ve got a meeting at the paper. Anyway, it’s better you see your old beau alone for lunch, just the two of you in the study.”
“Old beau? I thought it was to be the... two of us.” Caroline wondered if the old beau might be James Burden Day; wondered if, after so many years, they would have anything to talk about.
“It’s a surprise for you, and a joy for him, of course, particularly if you’d talk about Harry Hopkins. I’ll join you all later.”
“I’ve nothing to tell. I hardly see him. He’s busy arranging the election for a president who says he won’t campaign.”
“Franklin always waits until Labor Day. By which time I’m afraid poor Wendell will have lost what little voice he has.”MoreLess
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