"Here we are," he said abruptly, with an effort to speak lightly. "These
are our front windows. Carson dresses them himself. He seems a wonder to
me--I can't get hold of it at all. Rather a good effect, don't you
think?"
He was distinctly nervous, and he could not conceal it, as Matthew
Kendrick turned to look at the front of the building, taking it all in,
it seemed, with one sweeping glance which dwelt only for a minute apiece
on the two big windows, and then turned to the entrance, above which
hung the signs, old and new. The visitor made no comment, only nodded,
and made straight for the door.
As it swung open under Richard's hand, the young man's first glance was
for the general effect. He himself was looking at everything as if for
the first time, intensely alive to the impression it was to make upon
his judge. He found that the general effect was considerably obscured by
the number of people at the counters and in the aisles, more, it seemed
to him, than he had ever seen there before. His second observation was
that the class of shoppers seemed particularly good, and he tried to
recall the special feature of Carson's advertisement of the evening
before.
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