This I rang lustily
until a crowd gathered, then I put up the flaps and displayed
my books. As a matter of fact, I sold only one, but I enjoyed
myself none the less.
By and by Mifflin reappeared. I think he had been to a
barber: at any rate he looked very spry: he had bought a
clean collar and a flowing tie of a bright electric blue which
really suited him rather well.
"Well," he said, "the Sage is going to get back at me for that
punch on the nose! I've been to the bank to cash your check.
They telephoned over to Redfield, and apparently your brother
has stopped payment on it. It's rather awkward: they seem to
think I'm a crook."
I was furious. What right had Andrew to do that?
"The brute!" I said. "What on earth shall I do?"
"I suggest that you telephone to the Redfield Bank," he said,
"and countermand your brother's instructions--that is, unless
you think you've made a mistake? I don't want to take
advantage of you."
"Nonsense!" I said. "I'm not going to let Andrew spoil my
holiday. That's always his way: if he gets an idea into his
head he's like a mule. I'll telephone to Redfield, and then
we'll go to see the bank here."
We put Parnassus up at the hotel, and I went to the telephone.
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