Hermes nye biography

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I had been sitting all afternoon in the office alone, with my feet on the desk, reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Building up a law practice in a depression is a slow way to get rich, but it&#;s a fine chance to improve the mind, learn card tricks or take up the five-string banjo. Well, here I was with my mind on red hair and high heels, and I went down the elevator in the Santa Fe Building and came out into Commerce Street.

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I was passing the Waldorf Hotel Bar. This bar was usually full of whores, horse players, and the vendors of razor blades and rubber goods who made the offices in those days. I saw Gail Lindquist at one of the tables just inside the door; she had a tall brew in front of her and was looking out into the street with the enraptured stare seen commonly on the faces of seasoned beer drinkers and Botticelli madonnas.

Gail was not the redhead. In fact, I had thought v