Word: excitementâ
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Miss Brown says good-by to Colonel Dessiter and proceeds further into her new world. It contains sudden wealth and perpetual excitement???attractive male plotters, vicious female ones; noble Russians and villainous; plentiful bombs, taxicab rides, cocktails, cryptograms. She would never come through safely but for Colonel Dessiter, who does not die after all. Through a special secret Government bureau, X. Y. O., they foil Moscow, save the nation, preserve the world. On the last page, Miss Brown learns that Colonel Dessiter's name is Geoffrey. "Then, for the first time, Miss Brown was kissed upon the lips...
...strong little sons move freely about the town, one in particular, Walt, the second oldest, bringing home much news of teamsters and ferryboatmen, or?the gravity gone from his ruddy-brown face, his tar-black hair cocked with excitement???of how the Marquis de Lafayette picked him up and kissed...
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