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need han I saidiance at etd лін "I don't chatter, and I'll have you know I'm not a woman!"

"You mean you're not a LADY", he thought to correct me. I know that without you telling me. For a new maid, you're much too bold and forward. Anyone can see you did not have the proper raising when you were a little girl. Now, in my time

"You don't understand", I interrupted. "I'm not a maid and I'm not a WOMAN. I'm your son-in-law, Orville". He leaned forward in amazement. "You're ORVILLE"? he gulped. I then had to explain the situation as well as I could without revealing my own cowardice. He accepted it with amazing calm, as if he were used to his wife's foibles and ideas. He asked me to get his medicine. As I went out in- to the hall toward the bathroom, I heard Mrs. Vickers saying,

onud Stobiton "I finally landed myself a maid. My daughter, Constance, sent her over from the States, after promising me for a long time to get me a maid who wouldn't quit me for a war job. Well, I can work this one as hard as I like because she's in trouble with the law and she knows we can turn her over to the police any time we want. "Her high voice almost purred in contentment. Filled with indignation, I turned toward the stairway but before I could descend, she looked up directly at me, showing by that that she had known I was there all the time and had heard every word. She smiled maliciously. Thoughtfully, I turned on my heel and walked slowly toward the bathroom, wondering if she and Constance had planned this thing intentionally or if she was actually trying to help me out unselfishly.

I dosed the old man with his medicine and rubbed him down with alcohol eliciting a grunt of pleasure from him, re- marking that I was stronger than I looked. Strangely, he did not ask me one question about my avoiding the draft, as he must have known I was doing, and by the time I had finished with him we were almost on friendly terms. If my