Excerpt from Come Out of the Kitchen: A Romance
The window of Randolph Reed's office was almost completely covered by magnificent gold block lettering. This to any one who had time and ability to read it - and the former was more common in the community than the latter - conveyed the information that Reed dealt in every kind of real estate, from country palaces to city flats. The last item was put in more for the sake of symmetry than accuracy, for the small southern town contained nothing approaching an apartment house.
From behind this pattern of gold, Reed peered eagerly one autumn afternoon, chewing the end of a frayed cigar, and listening for the sound of a motor.
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