Argosy, September 1955 — page 76: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

"2 C. S. FORESTER ae think it was my wife’s doing. That a man should be both un- 5 married and eligible constitutes a challenge to Dorothy. She — 4 had been trying for two years to get old Macnamara married, in the face of my jeers and Macnamara’s complete lack of co- operation. 9 On this occasion she was determined on a really powerful — attack. She invited Margaret, the nicest divorcée that we know. She sent me round to fetch her before dinner. Gi ‘If she hasn’t her car here, Angus’ll have to take her home,” z said Dorothy. a3 a “ More likely it’ll be me,” I said. ‘‘ I shan’t mind.” BS i Macnamara arrived a trifle late for dinner, which was unusual ; for him, and right from the start I was aware that there wasa good = deal unusual about him that evening. So was Dorothy; Macna- | "4 mara had hardly been in the house five minutes before he slapped _ 1 Dorothy on that parton which no gentleman ever slaps a lady, 3 and Dorothy was so astonished she nearly dropped the tray of ; canapés that she was bending to lift. aa . ‘““ Angus! ”’ said Dorothy, and Macnamara only grinned, com- - 3 pletely unabashed. fe 2 I have a very strong suspicion that during dinner things went A on under the table which would not have borne the light of day. 7 Macnamara was quite above himself. He leered and he ogled, — x and I cannot believe that anything more repulsive has ever been e seen than a raw-boned Scottish professor leering and ogling. — ie After dinner he sat on the couch beside Margaret and allowed __ "e his arm to lie along the back of it and then to slide down; all =e that can really be said on his behalf is that he was an obvious _ : beginner—a high-school boy would have shown more tact than A Macnamara did. zB B: Luckily, the evening was not long-drawn-out, because the - moment it was broken to Macnamara that he was destined for “g the job of driving Margaret home, he stood up at once and said, iP “Come on.” 4 Even I was surprised by the alacrity he displayed; he hustled Margaret into her coat, and out to his car, with an eagerness— = that was not entirely in consonance with good manners towards ee his host and hostess. 4 “Ts that love at first sight?” asked Dorothy of me when they 3 had driven away. & ‘It’s something revolutionary, at any rate,’’ I said. e Next morning the telephone rang and Dorothy answered it, 5 and I listened to her half of the conversation: ‘‘ My dear, I can a hardly believe it!—I would never have thought it, honestly I * wouldn’t! What ever did you do?—Did he really?—Did you es ts) comicbooks.conn b . Fe « . 4