10/21 Her heart beat anxiously as she drew near, and trembled lest she should not find him in. If not ?--but the fear made her feel sick. She had no food in the house, no friends to whom she could apply, and there was no one of whom she could venture to ask to be trusted for even a single loaf of bread. At length she reached the well-lighted store, in which were several customers, upon whom both Berlaps and his clerk were attending with business assiduity. Passing on to the back part of the store, she stood patiently awaiting his leisure. |