At the Old Ballgame by Jeff Silverman

Author:Jeff Silverman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2014-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

The Crab

Gerald Beaumont

Not until the orchestra at 11:30, with a cheery flourish from the clarinets, launched into a quaint little melody, did the Crab’s expression of disapproval change. Then his eyes sought a velvet curtain stretched across one end of the room. The drapery parted to admit a slip of a girl in a pink dress who came gliding down between the tables, slim white arms swaying in rhythm with her song. The Crab, obeying a sentiment he did not try to analyze, eyed her just as he had done every night for a week.

Those at the tables who had been there before nudged newcomers and whispered, “Watch her smile—it’s the whole show.”

It was a bright little tune—soothing as a lullaby. She sang the second chorus, looking straight at the Crab:

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