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Erma turned suddenly to look at the speaker. There was no laughter now in either her eyes or voice as she, gazing steadily at Berenice, asked, "Do you mean to say that Hester Alden plays lackey to Helen?
Both she and Hester turned to look as a carriage with a coachman in livery, came from porte-cochere, turned down the driveway and passed within a few feet of where the girls stood. The carriage passed under an arc light and Erma and Hester saw distinctly the features of the woman in the carriage. She had a beautiful face, although marked with care.
The sound of voices came up to them from Fifty-four. "Erma asked me to come down for some hot chocolate," suggested Hester. But Mame refused to take the hint. "Yes, she asked me too. She'll call us when it's ready. She knows that I am up here. Now, about this editorial. I'd rather write a novel than an editorial any time. In novels, something may be done; but in editorials, one must just think.
As Aunt Debby says, they fulfilled their duty to their church and to their neighbors, but nothing happened in their lives which was not prosaic." "But your mother's family," persisted Erma. "Surely there must be something romantic on her side of the tree." Hester smiled at the words. There was a little touch of sadness in her smile. She had never spoken to the girls of her people.
There was nothing at all to be alarmed by the river's rising. After the afternoon's recitations, the girls went down to the river's edge, although the rain poured down upon them. They were learning the tricks of the old river men. They stuck sticks in the edge of the water to mark the rise or fall. "It's risen over a foot since lunch time," cried Erma. "See, there is my marker.
"Did you notice the pin Hester had on?" she asked suddenly. Mellie was wise and did not answer. Erma, who was as transparent as a ray of light, grew confused and tried to cover it up by asking, "A pin? Did she have a pin on? I suppose she did. Girls generally wear pins of some sort." Berenice shrugged her shoulders. "Yes; she had a pin on, Erma Thomas, and you observed it as well as I did.
I often wished I could be witty. All I can do is to laugh at the jokes which other girls make." "Why wish to be witty?" asked Josephine. "You're so sweet and womanly and tender." "Am I all that?" cried Erma and she laughed again. "I must go and tell Mame. She has known me for years and has never suspected that I am all that." She hurried away. Jo yet lingered.
Doctor Weldon, calm and serene, as though a flood were an everyday occurrence and not at all alarming, went about the building instructing the servants and teachers in regard to saving what they could of the property on the ground floor. Hester, Helen, Erma, and their friends stood on the landing of the stairway and watched the men work. The girls had forgotten that they were hungry.
Even had she done so, she could not have distinguished the girls; for they stood leaning against the pillars and the moving shadows fell dark upon them. When the carriage had passed, Erma turned to her companion. "Helen was looking for you. I told her if I saw you, I'd tell you to go to your room. Helen has had company at least I saw someone in her room." "It may be Aunt Debby," cried Hester.
While she had been speaking, she arose and moved toward the door. Hester's face had flushed. She feared that Josephine would be angry. Erma, however, laughed merrily, and smiled and fluttered about like a gay butterfly. She thought Renee's sarcasm was the finest wit in the world.
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