Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第518/1399页)

kearetailbookseller.Thebookcasewasfullofallkindsofbooksongeology,somewereopened,andsomewereidonthefloor.Itcouldbepresumedthatthiswastheofficeofastudiousacademicschor.SeatedacrossfromhimwasMr.Wolfe,hisright-handmanandtheaowledgedauthorityofthejewelryworld.Theroomwasfullofthesmellcoffeeandcigars.Theceilingfanwaswhirling;thewindowswereopenwithssiopreventfliesandmosquitoesfromflyingin.Thisicalold-fashionedoffice.Itwashereinthisutilitarian,low-keyofficethatMr.Seiderpushedhispanystepbystepuptothepinhejewelryworld.Itwasevidentthathewasaservativeman,notgiventoseekifadsandtrends,ashisofficestillretaiheatmosphereandappearahe40sand50s.Thetwoofthemwerediscussingtheseriouscrisisfrontingtheirpany,whieeded