" Won’t you introduce your friend, Sal? " he said with a weak smile.
" Roland Major of the San Francisco Argus, " I tried to say with a straight face. Lee Ann was furious at me.
Major began chatting in the monsieur’s ear. " How do you like teaching high-school French? " he yelled. " Pardon me, but I don’t teach high-school French. " " Oh, I thought you taught high-school French. " He was being deliberately rude. I remembered the night he wouldn’t let us have our party in Denver; but I forgave him.
I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk. I began talking moonshine and roses to the doctor’s young wife. I drank so much I had to go to the men’s room every two minutes, and to do so I had to hop over Dr. Boncœur’s lap. Everything was falling apart. My stay in San Francisco was comin
