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The post had been brought in half an hour before, and he had two open letters on the desk in front of him. It was only ten o'clock of a bright morning, but he looked tired and worn. He was about fifty, with slightly grey hair and smoothly shaven face. THE POST HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN HALF AN HOUR BEFORE AND HE HAD TWO OPEN LETTERS ON A DESK IN FRONT OF HIM IT WAS ONLY TEN O'CLOCK OF A BRIGHT MORNING BUT HE LOOKED TIRED AND WORN HE WAS ABOUT FIFTY WITH SLIGHTLY GRAY HAIR AND SMOOTHLY SHAVEN FACE
irst?" "Nothing that Olive does would ever be put behind anybody's door," Nancy answered decisively. "I'm not old enough to know anything about painting, of course (except that good landscapes ought not to be reversible like our Van Twiller), but there's something about Olive's pictures that makes you want to touch them and love them!" So began the happiest, most wonderful, most fruitful autumn of Olive Lord's life, when she spent morning after morning in the painted chamber, refreshing its faded tints. Whoever had done the original work had done it lovingly and well, and Olive learned many a lesson while she was following the lines of the quaint houses, like those on old china, renewing the green of the feathery elms, or retracing and coloring the curious sampler trees that stood straight and stiff like sentinels in the corners of the room. XXI A FAMILY RHOMBOID The Honorable Lemuel Hamilton sat in the private office of the American Consulate in Breslau, Germany, one warm day in July.  CHAPTER TWENTY ONE OF MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECOURTING ALL LEIBER VOX RECOURTINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY KATE DOUGLAS WIGGINS CHAPTER TWENTY ONE A FAMILY REMBOY THE HON LEMUEL HAMILTON SAT IN THE PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN CONSULATE IN BRESLAW GERMANY ONE WARM DAY IN JULY
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