... over the telephone. The latter incident occurred every afternoon at three when his wife called the office from the country, and he came to look forward ...
... her mother. 'It'll be funny. Ede's going to be all dressed up in her new pink dress-' The conversation terminated abruptly with a squawk which indicated ...
... own child. All the babies breaking things and grabbing at the cake, and each mama going home thinking about the subtle superiority of her own child to ...
... pink dress. She was not kissed-this is the sanitary age-but she was passed along a row of mamas each one of whom said 'cu-u-ute' to her and held her ...
... Joe Markey were congenial and went in together on the commuting train every morning, so the two women kept up an elaborate pretence of warm amity. They ...
... and the children ate, greedily but without confusion-they had behaved remarkably well all afternoon. They were modern babies who ate and slept ...
... Do you know you're a darling?' Ede laughed. 'Bow-wow,' she said suddenly. 'Bow-wow?' Edith looked around. 'There isn't any bow-wow.' 'Bow-wow,' repeated ...
... emphatically. Suddenly, encouraged by the success of her former half-accidental manoeuvre, Ede dropped the teddy-bear, placed her hands on Billy's shoulders ...
... it and challenge and contempt. Unfortunately it was also an infectious laugh. Before her mother realized the delicacy of the situation, she too had laughed, an ...
... was in a way a defiance-those two against the world. While Markey rushed upstairs to the bathroom for ointment, his wife was walking up and down ...
... she took a step towards the hall. It was just at this moment that the door opened and John Andros walked anxiously in. 'John!' cried Edith, and fled to ...
... business!' 'Don't talk to him, John,' insisted Edith. 'Find my coat!' 'You must be in a bad way,' went on John angrily, 'if you have to take out ...
... Markey took a step forward he was trembling slightly, and two large veins on his temples were suddenly full of blood. 'You don't think you can ...
... first blow, they both slipped and fell heavily to the sidewalk, half rising then, and again pulled each other to the ground. They found a better foothold ...
... not going on any more, either,' said John Andros. 'I've had enough of this thing.' Again they looked at each other, sulkily this time, as if each suspected ...
... why I went away.' 'Did you want us to fix it up?' 'Of course not, I never want to see them again. But I thought of course that was what you were ...
... limbs experimentally before the glass. 'I believe I'll get myself in better shape,' he said thoughtfully. 'I must be getting old.' 'You mean so that ...
... be down-in just a minute.' John Andros waited until she had closed the door behind her then he reached over into the bed, and picking up his ...
... he whispered. 'Dear little girl, dear little girl.' John Andros knew at length what it was he had fought for so savagely that evening. He had it now, ...
... Benjamin Button (1922) This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) I Didn't Get Over (1936) The Sensible Thing (1924) Jacob's Ladder ...