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Hibberdell had not seen her, but she was convinced that what she said was true. Carlotta brazened it out. "You didn't," she insisted. Mrs. Hibberdell stared. The effrontery of it took her breath away. "Carlotta," she exclaimed, "I honestly think you are the worst woman in the world. I can't think of you as my daughter you are too brazen. You're the worst because you're calculating.
Hibberdell, though he realized that what he was obtaining in home atmosphere here was not ordinarily purchasable at any price in the public market. The maid saw to it that a little bouquet of flowers was put on his dressing table daily. He was given fresh towels and linen in ample quantities. The bath was his own.
His progress to and fro was marked by endless quips and jests and he was never weary. When his work was done at night he would hurry home, following the right bank of the little stream until he reached a path which led up to the street whereon was the Hibberdell house.
"Are you in the bath, Carlotta?" she called quietly, after looking into Carlotta's room. "Yes," came the reply, easily enough now. "Did your machine break down?" A few remarks were exchanged through the door and then Mrs. Hibberdell went to her room. She thought over the situation steadily for it greatly irritated her.
Hibberdell had gone out for a walk and they were in her room on the second floor. Her mother's was on the third. "I don't have to," he said, "if I don't mind losing the money they pay. It's fifteen cents an hour and I need that. I'm not working at my regular profession, you must remember." "Oh, chuck that," she said. "What's fifteen cents an hour?
"He may be a good artist," she volunteered, "but he isn't very much of a ladies' man. He hasn't the first trace of gallantry." Mrs. Hibberdell was glad. At least there would be no disturbance here. She feared Carlotta, feared Eugene, but she saw no reason for complaint. In her presence all was seemingly formal and at times almost distant.
"Carlotta Hibberdell, you're the most brazen creature I ever knew! You're a terrible liar. How can you stand there and look me in the eye and say that, when you know that I know? Why lie in addition to everything else? Oh! Carlotta, the shame of it. If you only had some sense of honor! How can you lie like that? How can you?" "I'm not lying," declared Carlotta, "and I wish you would quit fussing.
He followed her into the library and they went out on the porch. Presently he returned it was ten o'clock and she came also. Davis had gone to his room, Mrs. Hibberdell to hers. "I think I'll read," he said, aimlessly. "Why anything like that?" she jested. "Never read when you can do anything else." "What else can I do?" "Oh, lots of things.
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