Michael Malone - Weebly

think Carl Marco wanted to see me. Call and invite him
to meet me for lunch at the Dingley Club, will you?"
She smiled. "He is going to get his loan then?"
Ransom smiled. "I think it would be hard not to
admire a man like Mr. Marco. Coming so far, all on his
own."
Irene thought it would be hard not to admire a man
like Ernest Ransom. She thought him, in fact, perfectly
wonderful, and often, when she returned home to her
apartment in Argyle, she told her upstairs neighbor,
Sally Rideout, that the bank president ought to run for
the Senate or something. Ms. Rideout (Luke and Polly's
stuttering history teacher at Dixwell High) agreed,
saying businessmen ought to run America since the
business of America was, and always had been,
business. Irene (sadly enough, like so many of Ms.
Rideout's students) failed to appreciate the teacher's
ironic tone and took the remark as validation of her
secret aspirations for her employer.
Mr. Ransom sat at his desk. He considered taking
the roll of film to be developed at the Argyle Camera
Shop, where he was, however, a frequent customer. Of