David Slocum. Then all at once she was assaulted by a sense of dejavu, remembering the call, years ago, from Bill Carlton at the ThirdNational Bank on her so-called arrears with Montgomery Cement. Peter's children could do nothing toundo their marriage, she told herself defiantly. Laura's announcement that she would run for Peterson's seat on theCommission generated an excitement in town that astonished her.
Other wealthy families hard hit by the Crash were firing their maids,butlers, chauffeurs. I don't think I should run, Barry said, and the others stared at himin shock. Soon he was coming to the house for dinner once or twice a week,taking her to the movies over protests that she should be working. Bernstein had come several times to thehouse late in the evening when she was sure her arrival would beunnoticed to bring a pot roast or a tureen of stew.
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