26/33 It would all take time, and meanwhile his business was bound to suffer. However, he was not one to turn back, and he remembered with a pang the last look he had seen in Ma Briskow's eyes. He was not prepared, however, to find her quite as good an actress as she appeared to be. In spite of the fact that she probably took less pleasure in the meeting than did he, she admirably covered her feelings. She was delighted, flattered--Buddy had so often spoken of him that she almost felt acquainted--She was quite excited at knowing the famous Colonel Gray--She would have recognized him anywhere from Buddy's glowing description. |