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All the beds were full, because the night-turn workers were in. She meant to be very careful to waken nobody. Poor souls, they needed this one day of rest when they could all lie late. Searching for something, she cautiously struck a match, and in the flaring up of its small flame got a glimpse of Mandy's face, open-mouthed, pallid, unbeautiful, against the tumbled pillow.
"Clare!" she said. "Aren't you working?" "I've gone on night-turn now." The girl's admiration salved her wounded pride in herself. Then she saw, on a table, an envelope with her name on it. Clare's eyes followed hers. "That's the rest of the money, Mrs. Valentine." She colored, but Audrey only smiled at her. "Fine!" she said. "Are you sure you can spare it?"
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