\" she said with a curious bitterness. \"Nights you'll find him at Luigi's café.\"
With that she aimed a kick at my foot and I hastily withdrew it. The door slammed, and I went downstairs with a light heart. I smiled to myself, thinking of the girl's bitterness. Had Dr. Portal's handsome little blackguard been trifling with her affections, I wondered.
I returned to the office full of the consciousness of work well done.
\"Good!\"
\" she said with a curious bitterness. \"Nights you'll find him at Luigi's café.\"
With that she aimed a kick at my foot and I hastily withdrew it. The door slammed, and I went downstairs with a light heart. I smiled to myself, thinking of the girl's bitterness. Had Dr. Portal's handsome little blackguard been trifling with her affections, I wondered.
I returned to the office full of the consciousness of work well done.
\"Good!\"
