38/40 I've worked like a nigger!" "How many dances a week, Helena ?--and how many boys ?" Helena first made a face, and then laughed out. I could walk down most of the boys. But Hampstead, Chelsea, and Curzon Street, all in one night, and only one bus between them--that did sometimes do for me." "When did you set up this craze ?" "Just about Christmas--I hadn't been to a dance for a year. I had been slaving at canteen work all day"-- she turned to Mrs.Friend--"and doing chauffeur by night--you know--fetching wounded soldiers from railway stations. |