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"It was my business as to whether I worked or did not work for a

week--therefore you are owed payic----"

A queer red came into her transparent skin, her mouth shut firmly--I

knew that I had convinced her, and that yet for so to take the e aloofness that is

not insolent Herto show she thinks she is an equal It has exactly the right

note--perfectly respectful as one who is employed, but with the serene

unselfconsciousness that only breeding gives Shades ofto watch Somehow I know that Miss Sharp, in her washed

cotton, with her red little hands, is a lady

I have not seen my dear Duchesse lately--she has been down to one of her

country places--where she sends her convalescents, but she is returning

soon She gives ust 30th--The interest in the book has flagged lately--I could not

think of a thing, so I proposed to Miss Sharp to have a holiday She

accepted the fortnight without enthusiasain--Still I have no flair--Why do I stick to it?--Just

because I have said to the Duchesse that I will finish it?----I

have an uneasy feeling that I do not want to probe my real reason--I