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"I've had a fair amount of success with it-one of the
advantages of being bigger than a freight truck. The rest
of the party boys who lived here got the point, and they
were all very polite to Trish after that. What do you think
about the place, Mark? Would you like to take a stab at
it?"
"I think I might give it a try. A quiet place to study sort
of lights my fire. When are the girls likely to come
home?"
"Tomorrow-or so they told me. I'll give you the phone
number, and you can check before you come by. I'll put
in a good word for you with the ladies. I don't think you'll
have any trouble getting admitted."
"Thanks, James. I'll keep in touch." We shook hands,
and then I went out to my car. James had a "Big Daddy"
quality that I liked. I was sure he and I could get along.
The girls, of course, might sour the deal, but I decided
to keep an open mind until I met them. The overall
arrangement seemed almost too good to be true, but I
wasn't about to buy into some kind of absolute
dictatorship where I'd be low man on the totem pole. I
was going to have to wait until tomorrow to find out
exactly which way the wind blew.CHAPTER TWOMary
Greenleaf met me at the front door when I got there,
touching a finger to her lips. "She's sleeping," she said
softly "All this scampering around has her worn down to
a frazzle." She stepped out onto the porch, quietly
closing the door behind her.
"She is all right, isn't she?"
"Sure, it's just the moving and settling in."
"I've got some things to take care of here tomorrow," I
told her, "so I'll grab a motel room for a couple of nights.
If Twink's feeling unsettled, I'd better stay close."
She nodded. "I wonder why it is that you were the only
one she could recognize when she finally came to her
senses."
"I got this here dazzlin' personality," I kidded her.
"Hadn't you noticed that?"
"Sure, kid," she said dryly. "You want a beer?"
"Not right now, thanks all the same."
"Did you find a room?"
"I think so. The landladies are away today, but I'll talk
with them tomorrow. I think it's going to work out. The
house rules should keep things quiet."
"Sounds good, Mark," she noted.
"The place is sort of shabby," I told her, "but quiet's a
rare commodity in student housing."
"We've noticed that at the cop shop. The riot squad's
on permanent standby alert at the north precinct. When
the parties start spilling out into the street, we get lots of