Warner and Wife / فان پاتوق

- Good morning, my dear!" said he, stopping three paces from the threshold like a well-trained servant.
Lori Warner, after a leisurely inspection of herself in the pier mirror next the window, buttoned her well-fitting blue jacket closely about her, put on her hat, and caught up a bulging portfolio of brown leather that was lying on the dressing table. Then she turned to call to her husband in the adjoining room:
"Timmie!"
When she had waited at least half a second she called again, this time with a shade of impatience in her voice: "Timmie!"
The door opened and a man ap