7/16 She knew the cold look of inquiry in Janet's eyes. She could foresee the disconcerting questions that would be asked. Janet's questions, coming dryly--all on one note--from those thin lips of hers, drove sometimes to a point that was almost too deep for Sally's comprehension. And Sally is a woman of sex, not of intellect. The blue lines under Sally's eyes, that indescribable drawing of the flesh of those round cheeks, had told her that long ago. |