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"I shan't have much time to sleep, anyhow And when I do so I shall be

so tired!---What was the naave her, Clare?"

"Thoht of a prettier one" She was

absurdly high-spirited, although the next day's ordeal rather worried

her when she thought about it She had, oddly enough, no trepidation

about the work itself It was passing the detectives in the employment

department that worried her As a matter of fact, however, there was no

ordeal Her card was carried to the desk in the corner, where the two

ht so easily rest the safety of the entire

plant, and they surveyed her carefully Audrey looked ahead, and waited

They would come over and question her, and the whole fabric she had

built would be destroyed But nothing happened She was told she would

be notified in a day or two if she would be taken on, and with that she

was forced to be content

She had a bad h the office on his

way out, and stopped for a moment directly in front of her Her heart