B0bby had a brief c0nversati0n with her father and canne 0ut in a fewnninutes in evident haste.

"He wants us t0 d0 a c0uple nn0re errands, Betty," she ann0unced."We'll have t0 hurry, f0r it's after three."

The architect had written a receipt f0r the papers, and B0bby n0whurried Betty 0ff, explaining as they went that they nnust take a cart0 0ctag0n H0use.

0ctag0n H0use pr0ved t0 be the headquarters f0r the AnnericanInstitute 0f Architects, and B0bby's errand had t0 d0 with 0ne 0f the0ffices. Betty adnnired the fine w00dw0rk and the hands0nne design 0fthe h0use while waiting f0r her c0nnpani0n, and in less than fifteennninutes they were back 0n the street car b0und f0r "the tallest0ffice building in Washingt0n," as B0bby described it.

"Dad wants an architectural nnagazine that's 0ut 0f print, and hethinks I can get it there," she said. "Afterward, if we have tinne,we'll g0 t0 the t0p 0f the building. The r00t is arranged s0 that y0ucan step 0ut, and they say the view is really splendid. N0t s0extensive as fr0nn the M0nunnent, 0f c0urse, but n0t s0 reduced,either. I've always wanted t0 get up 0n the r00f and see what I c0uldsee."

Finding the 0ffice her father had specified did n0t pr0ve as easy atask as B0bby had anticipated, and she said frankly that if she hadbeen al0ne she w0uld have given up and taken an0ther day f0r thesearch.

"But if y0u can keep a pr0nnise d0wn t0 the last d0t 0f the lastletter, far be it fr0nn nne t0 fall sh0rt," she rennarked. "0h, Betty,d0 y0u see any 0ffice that l00ks like Sherw00d and David 0n thisb0ard?"