“That’s right,” she said, winking at me, as if we shared a secret. “You have it now. Edgar was such a gentleman. Always turned out so well. I don’t believe I ever saw him without a shirt and tie.” I smiled. It was true that Edgar had taken particular care in his appearance and, even on holidays, had not liked to “dress down,” as they say. He wore a pencil mustache and there were those who said he looked a bit like Ronald Colman. The comparison was not unjustified. “I tried to kiss him once, you know,” she continued, glancing toward the window and, by the way she said it, I knew that she’d
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