May I ask you," he added
significantly, "to make this clear to Mr. Carroll?"
"Leave that to me," said Miss Brewster, with superb confidence.
"Content, indeed! You'll find our locality very pleasant, Miss
Brewster. Three of the other legations are on the same block, not
including the Hochwaldian, which is a quarter of a mile down the
hill. On our corner is a house where several of the English
railroad men live, and across is the Club Amicitia, made up
largely of the jeunesse doree, who are mostly pro-American. So
you'll be quite surrounded by friends, not to say adherents."
"Call on me to housekeep for you at any time," cried Polly gayly.
"I'll begin to roll up my sleeves as soon as I get dressed to-
morrow."
IX
THE BLACK WARNING
That weird three-part drama in the plaza which had so puzzled Miss
Polly Brewster had developed in this wise:--
Coincidently with the departure of Preston Fairfax Fitzhugh
Carroll from the hotel in his cab, the Unspeakable Perk emerged
from a store near the far corner of the square, which exploited
itself in the purest Castilian as offering the last word in the
matter of gentlemen's apparel.
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