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Then he turned and left the kitchen

Mrs Chester glanced at me and then looked away, afraid to be drawn too close to an i disaster I completed my ithout any further co loo his way once As soon as they all rose and left the dining rooan to clear the table With Mary Margaret not there, I had to help wash dishes, the pots and pans and put them all away

"They all see the way the plates had been scraped clean

She nodded

"Will Mary Margaret be here tomorrow?" I asked

"I hope so," she said She kept looking at the door fearfully

"You could probably get a job anywhere you wanted," I said "With your talents in the kitchen, another family wou

ld feel very lucky"

She shook her head and turned to me

"Without a recommendation, I'd be workin' in some hovel of a place and not et along," she said "You oughta think about that"

"Maybe The trouble is, Mrs Chester, I don't knohere my place is"

She looked atsympathetic, and then she absorbed herself in her work and didn't say another word

As I put away the last piece of silverware, Boggs came into the kitchen

"Mr Endfield wants a ith you," he said "In his office Now"

"Sent to the principal," I told Mrs Chester, but she didn't understand "I guess I'll be tossed out on the street"