" And, perceiving that
his sister's expression was that of a person whose adroitness has set
matters perfectly to rights, he chuckled silently.
"Roscoe's perfectly lovely to her," she continued, a moment later.
"Too lovely! If he'd wake up a little and lay down the law, some day,
like a MAN, I guess she'd respect him more and learn to behave
herself!"
"'Behave'?"
"Oh, well, I mean she's so insincere," said Edith, characteristically
evasive when it came to stating the very point to which she had led,
and in this not unique of her sex.
Bibbs contented himself with a non-committal gesture. "Business
is crawling up the old streets," he said, his long, tremulous hand
indicating a vasty structure in course of erection. "The boarding-
houses come first and then the--"
"That isn't for shops," she informed him. "That's a new investment
of papa's--the 'Sheridan Apartments.'"
"Well, well," he murmured. "I supposed 'Sheridan' was almost well
enough known here already."
"Oh, we're well enough known ABOUT!" she said, impatiently. "I guess
there isn't a man, woman, child, or nigger baby in town that doesn't
know who we are. But we aren't in with the right people.
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