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while there were so and a nurees of taste and agility The Ratignolles' soirees

e to be

invited to the the clothes which had

returned thatfrom the laundry She at once abandoned her

occupation upon seeing Edna, who had been ushered without ceremony into

her presence

"'Cite can do it as well as I; it is really her business," she explained

to Edna, who apologized for interrupting her And she su

black woman, who off the list which she handed her She told her to notice

particularly if a fine linen handkerchief of Monsieur Ratignolle's,

which waslast week, had been returned; and to be sure to set to

one side such pieces as requiredan arm around Edna's waist, she led her to the front of the

house, to the salon, where it was cool and sith the odor of great

roses that stood upon the hearth in jars