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The first quarter's rent was duly paid, but the second quarter-day brought no cheque; and, after the lapse of a fortnight, Miss Shepperson wrote to make known her ingenuous fear that Mr. Rymer's letter might have miscarried. At once there came the politest and friendliest reply. Mr. Still the cheque did not come; another quarter-day arrived, and again no rent was paid.
Rymer was still unable to 'suit herself' with a cook, though she had visited, or professed to visit, many registry-offices and corresponded with many friends. A week after that the subject of the cook had somehow fallen into forgetfulness; and, indeed, a less charitably disposed observer than Miss Shepperson might have doubted whether Mrs. Rymer had ever seriously meant to engage one at all.
Did Miss Shepperson know of a cook, a sensible, trustworthy woman? For the present Mrs. Rymer she confessed it with a pleasant little laugh had to give an eye to the dinner herself. 'I only hope you won't make yourself ill, dear, said Mr. Rymer, bending towards his wife with a look of well-bred solicitude. 'Miss Shepperson, I beg you to insist that she lies down a little every afternoon.
'My poor husband, she added, 'cannot bear to think that, when it happens, we may be in really straitened circumstances, and I may suffer for lack of comforts. To tell you the whole truth, dear Miss Shepperson, I have no doubt that, if you like my idea, he would at once put aside that money to be ready for an emergency. So, you see, it is self-interest in me, after all. Her smile was very sweet.
To-day I pay Susan, and part with her; to-morrow we must travel to Birmingham. The furniture will be removed by the people who take possession of it Miss Shepperson was listening with a bewildered look. She saw Mr. Rymer stand up. 'I will now, he said, 'pay you the rent from the day 'Oh, Mr. Rymer! cried the agitated woman. 'How can I take it? How can I leave you penniless?
Some one in the tram said something about rifle-shots in the Summer Garden, but no one listened. As Vera had said last night we had, none of us, much faith in Russian revolutions. I went up in the lift to the Propaganda office and found it a very nice airy place, clean and smart, with coloured advertisements by Shepperson and others on the walls, pictures of Hampstead and St.
I can't help thinking you must feel very lonely. It was not difficult to lead Miss Shepperson to talk of her circumstances a natural introduction to the announcement which she was still resolved to make with all firmness. She narrated in outline the history of her family, made known exactly how she stood in pecuniary matters, and ended by saying 'You see, Mrs.
'I had an idea; it seems to me so good. I wonder whether it will to you? You told me, did you not, that you live in lodgings, and quite alone? 'Yes, replied Miss Shepperson, struggling to command her nerves and betraying uneasy wonder. 'Is it by choice? asked the soft-voiced lady, with sympathetic bending of the head. 'Have you no relations in London?
'Yes, we must hope, said Miss Shepperson, reassured once more as to her own interests; for a moment her heart had sunk very low indeed. 'We are all doing our best. 'You above all, said Mr. Rymer, pressing her hand with his coal-blackened fingers.
In a day or two things got into a happy routine. Miss Shepperson practically became nursemaid, with the privilege of keeping her own bedroom in order and of helping in a good many little ways throughout the domestic day. A fortnight elapsed, and Mrs.
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