[His Second Wife by Ernest Poole]@TWC D-Link bookHis Second Wife CHAPTER V 9/30
I go out every Thursday and every other Sunday--afternoon and evening.
Lucy the waitress takes my place. The rest of the time I've managed alone." She looked around in a jealous way and asked, "I suppose you'll want things as before ?" "Yes, for the present," Ethel said.
She felt the woman glance at her sharply as she turned toward the door. She went into her sister's room, sat down and had a little cry.
But the sunlight was streaming in through the pretty chintz curtains there; and its softness and its ease, its luxury and blithe content, stole into her spirit and quieted her.
She sat looking about. "What is there for me to do ?" It came over her that the cook and the nurse could tell her just about what they pleased.
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