Chapter 8: VIII

VIII The following week St. Peter went to Chicago to give his lectures. He had engaged rooms for himself and Lillian at a quiet hotel near the university. The Marselluses went down by the same train, and they all alighted at the station together, in a raging snowstorm. The St. Peters were to have tea with Louie at the Blackstone, before going to their own quarters. Tea was served in Louie’s suite on the lake front, with a fine view of the falling snow from the windows. The Professor was in…