Pallas and the Centaur

Pallas and the CentaurMadonna with the ChildLe Cafe de Paris
patrolmen had several times been obliged to pistol the violent, in self-defense. Of Dr. and Mrs. Sear, Greene had heard no more; having bribed the police to double their guard at Miss Sally Ann's door, he'd returned at considerable risk to apprise me of the danger.
"And your mom, too, pass her mind," he added; "ain'ther fault she's touched in the head. A fellow's got a duty to his mom." But at Anastasia he curled his lip. "They canhave the likes of you, for all I care. Serve you right!"
Too alarmed by the news to heed his insult, Anastasia rushed into the Reception Room to see that Mother was safe, and then began hastily redonning her white uniform. "Those poorpatients!" she exclaimed. "Maybe I can tranquilize some of them."
Indeed the situation seemed perilous. Mad bangs and screams came from the hallway; a chap, white-gowned, galloped sideways into the office, scratching under his ribs, and made hooting water on the wall-to-wall carpet.
"Oh, yes, well," my mother murmured. He sprang at her even as I at him, but changed course at sight of me and leaped through the window instead, smashing