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laughed, “We'll talk tonight, Warren. A little business if we must, but mostly I'm looking forward to a conversation with a great man.”
As he replaced the telephone, Dodo's brow was furrowed. “If he's such a great man, Curtie, why's he selling out to you?”
“Mostly because we've moved into another age and he doesn't know it. Nowadays it isn't sufficient to be a good innkeeper; you must become a cost accountant too.”
“Gee,”[107] Dodo said, “these sure are big apples.”
The second call, which followed immediately, was from a pay telephone in the lobby. “Hullo, Ogden,” Curtis O'Keefe said when the caller identified himself, “I'm reading your report now.”
The caller, an accountant, whose name was Ogden Bailey, had been registered in the hotel for the past two weeks as Richard Fountain of Miami. With caution he had avoided using a house phone or calling from his own room on the fourth floor. Now, he stated, “There are some points we'd like to discuss, Mr. O'Keefe, and some information I think you'll want.”
“Very well. Give me fifteen minutes, then come to see me.”
Hanging up, Curtis O'Keefe said to Dodo, “I'm glad you enjoy the fruit. If it weren't for you, I'd put a stop to all these harvest festivals.”
“Well, it isn't that I like it so much.” The baby blue eyes were turned widely upon him. “But you never eat any, and it just seems awful to waste it.”
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