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Spires and Gargoyles
AmorylikedLouisvilleandMemphisbest:theseknewhowtomeetstrangers,furnishedextraordinarypunch,andflauntedanastonishingarrayoffemininebeauty.Chicagoheapprovedforacertainvervethattranscendeditsloudaccent—however,itwasaYaletown,andastheYaleGleeClubwasexpectedinaweektheTrianglereceivedonlydividedhomage.InBaltimore,Princetonwasathome,andeveryonefellinlove.Therewasaproperconsumptionofstrongwatersallalongtheline;onemaninvariablywentonthestagehighlystimulated,claimingthathisparticularinterpretationofthepartrequiredit.Therewerethreeprivatecars;however,noonesleptexceptinthethirdcar,whichwascalledthe"animalcar,"andwherewereherdedthespectacledwind-jammersoftheorchestra.Everythingwassohurriedthattherewasnotimetobebored,butwhentheyarrivedinPhiladelphia,withvacationnearlyover,therewasrestingettingoutoftheheavyatmosphereofflowersandgrease-paint,andtheponiestookofftheircorsetswithabdominalpainsandsighsofrelief.
Whenthedisbandingcame,AmorysetoutposthasteforMinneapolis,forSallyWeatherby’scousin,IsabelleBorge,wascomingtospendthewinterinMinneapoliswhileherparentswentabroad.HerememberedIsabelleonlyasalittlegirlwithwhomhehadplayedsometimeswhenhefirstwenttoMinneapolis.ShehadgonetoBaltimoretolive—butsincethenshehaddevelopedapast.
Amorywasinfullstride,confident,nervous,andjubilant.
