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Anne looked frightened She ran into Bella's bath and wet the end of a

towel and when Hannah was changing Aunt Selina's collar--her concession

to evening dress--Anne wiped off the obvious places on the furniture

She did it stealthily, but Aunt Selina saw her in the glass

"What's that young woman's name?" she asked me sharply, when Anne had

taken the towel out to hide it

"Anne Brown, Mrs Dallas Brown," I replied meekly Every one replied

meekly to Aunt Selina

"Does she live here?"

"Oh, no," I said airily "They are here to dinner, she and her husband

They are old friends of Jiood eye for dirt," said Aunt Selina and went on

fastening her brooch When she was finally ready, she took a bead purse

from somewhere about her waist and took out a half dollar She held it

up before Hannah's eyes

"To," she said sternly, "You take off that white cap

and that fol-de-rol apron and that black henrietta cloth, and put on

a calico wrapper And when you've got this rooive you this"

Hannah took two steps back and caught hold of a chair; she stared

helplessly from Aunt Selina to the half dollar, and then atnot to catch ," Aunt Selina said, from the head of the stairs, "I