The Wilson Deception (2015)
“He pointed to the two armchairs on one side of the bed, then circled to the other side where a straight-back chair sat near the president’s head. Wilson sat upright, his papers stacked in two piles on a short-legged tray that straddled his hips.
Before sitting down, each visitor took Wilson’s hand and expressed pleasure at his recovery. The open windows admitted the mingled aromas of spring blossoms and garlic from a nearby kitchen. Clemenceau felt a slight nausea from the smells, along with th...e constant itch of the eczema on his hands. He put both out of his mind.
Wilson waited for them to settle themselves. “I’m most grateful,” he began, “that you’re willing to indulge my current indisposition in this way. I assure you I’m feeling remarkably better and am definitely on the mend. But,” tilting his head toward Grayson—“my physician insists that we not run too long, so I propose we get right down to it. The current question, I believe, involves the Czechoslovaks?”MoreLess
Before sitting down, each visitor took Wilson’s hand and expressed pleasure at his recovery. The open windows admitted the mingled aromas of spring blossoms and garlic from a nearby kitchen. Clemenceau felt a slight nausea from the smells, along with th...e constant itch of the eczema on his hands. He put both out of his mind.
Wilson waited for them to settle themselves. “I’m most grateful,” he began, “that you’re willing to indulge my current indisposition in this way. I assure you I’m feeling remarkably better and am definitely on the mend. But,” tilting his head toward Grayson—“my physician insists that we not run too long, so I propose we get right down to it. The current question, I believe, involves the Czechoslovaks?”MoreLess
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