Shortly she would have to give up and go home.
On the fourth day she was down town all day, having borrowed ten cents for lunch from Minnie.

She had applied in the cheapest kind of places without success.

She even answered for a waitress in a small restaurant where she saw a card in the window, but they wanted an experienced girl.
She moved through the thick throng of strangers, utterly subdued in spirit.

Suddenly a hand pulled her arm and turned her about.
"Well, well!" said a voice.

In the first glance she beheld Drouet.