[Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington]@TWC D-Link bookAlice Adams CHAPTER XVIII 18/23
Don't you think maybe so, Virgil ?" "Well--if I was ever going to, I don't know but I might as well of. I got to admit the proposition begins to look pretty good: I know the stuff'll sell, and I can't see a thing in the world to stop it.
It does look good, and if--if----" He paused. "If what ?" she said, suddenly anxious. He laughed plaintively, as if confessing a superstition.
"It's funny--well, it's mighty funny about that smell.
I've got so used to it at the plant I never seem to notice it at all over there.
It's only when I get away.
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