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By
the
time
he
reached
the
factory
he
was
very
sour
.
But
the
sight
of
Roberta
taking
her
place
at
her
bench
and
tossing
him
a
genial
"
good
morning
"
with
a
cheerful
smile
,
caused
him
to
feel
better
and
that
all
was
not
lost
.
It
was
three
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
and
a
lull
due
to
the
afternoon
heat
,
the
fag
of
steadily
continued
work
,
and
the
flare
of
reflected
light
from
the
river
outside
was
over
all
.
The
tap
,
tap
,
tap
of
metal
stamps
upon
scores
of
collars
at
once
--
nearly
always
slightly
audible
above
the
hum
and
whirr
of
the
sewing
machines
beyond
was
,
if
anything
,
weaker
than
usual
.
And
there
was
Ruza
Nikoforitch
,
Hoda
Petkanas
,
Martha
Bordaloue
,
Angelina
Pitti
and
Lena
Schlict
,
all
joining
in
a
song
called
"
Sweethearts
"
which
some
one
had
started
.
And
Roberta
,
perpetually
conscious
of
Clyde
's
eyes
,
as
well
as
his
mood
,
was
thinking
how
long
it
would
be
before
he
would
come
around
with
some
word
in
regard
to
something
.
For
she
wished
him
to
--
and
because
of
his
whispered
words
of
the
day
before
,
she
was
sure
that
it
would
not
be
long
,
because
he
would
not
be
able
to
resist
it
.
His
eyes
the
night
before
had
told
her
that
.
Yet
because
of
the
impediments
of
this
situation
she
knew
that
he
must
be
having
a
difficult
time
thinking
of
any
way
by
which
he
could
say
anything
to
her
.
And
still
at
certain
moments
she
was
glad
,
for
there
were
such
moments
when
she
felt
she
needed
the
security
which
the
presence
of
so
many
girls
gave
her
.
And
as
she
thought
of
all
this
,
stamping
at
her
desk
along
with
the
others
,
she
suddenly
discovered
that
a
bundle
of
collars
which
she
had
already
stamped
as
sixteens
were
not
of
that
size
but
smaller
.
She
looked
at
it
quickly
and
nervously
,
then
decided
that
there
was
but
one
thing
to
do
--
lay
the
bundle
aside
and
await
comment
from
one
of
the
foremen
,
including
Clyde
,
or
take
it
directly
to
him
now
--
really
the
better
way
,
because
it
prevented
any
of
the
foremen
seeing
it
before
he
did
.
That
was
what
all
the
girls
did
when
they
made
mistakes
of
any
kind
.
And
all
trained
girls
were
supposed
to
catch
all
possible
errors
of
that
kind
.
And
yet
now
and
in
the
face
of
all
her
very
urgent
desires
she
hesitated
,
for
this
would
take
her
direct
to
Clyde
and
give
him
the
opportunity
he
was
seeking
.
But
,
more
terrifying
,
it
was
giving
her
the
opportunity
she
was
seeking
.
She
wavered
between
loyalty
to
Clyde
as
a
superintendent
,
loyalty
to
her
old
conventions
as
opposed
to
her
new
and
dominating
desire
and
her
repressed
wish
to
have
Clyde
speak
to
her
--
then
went
over
with
the
bundle
and
laid
it
on
his
desk
.
But
her
hands
,
as
she
did
so
,
trembled
.
Her
face
was
white
--
her
throat
taut
.
At
the
moment
,
as
it
chanced
,
he
was
almost
vainly
trying
to
calculate
the
scores
of
the
different
girls
from
the
stubs
laid
before
him
,
and
was
having
a
hard
time
of
it
because
his
mind
was
not
on
what
he
was
doing
.
And
then
he
looked
up
.
And
there
was
Roberta
bending
toward
him
.
His
nerves
became
very
taut
,
his
throat
and
lips
,
dry
,
for
here
and
now
was
his
opportunity
.
And
,
as
he
could
see
,
Roberta
was
almost
suffocating
from
the
strain
which
her
daring
and
self-deception
was
putting
upon
her
nerves
and
heart
.
"
There
's
been
a
distake
"
(
she
meant
to
say
mistake
)
"
in
regard
to
this
bundle
upstairs
,
"
she
began
.
"
I
did
n't
notice
it
either
until
I
'd
stamped
nearly
all
of
them
.
They
're
fifteen-and-a-half
and
I
've
stamped
nearly
all
of
them
sixteen
.
I
'm
sorry
.
"
Clyde
noticed
,
as
she
said
this
,
that
she
was
trying
to
smile
a
little
and
appear
calm
,
but
her
cheeks
were
quite
blanched
and
her
hands
,
particularly
the
one
that
held
the
bundle
,
trembled
.
On
the
instant
he
realized
that
although
loyalty
and
order
were
bringing
her
with
this
mistake
to
him
,
still
there
was
more
than
that
to
it
.
In
a
weak
,
frightened
,
and
yet
love-driven
way
,
she
was
courting
him
,
giving
him
the
opportunity
he
was
seeking
,
wishing
him
to
take
advantage
of
it
.
And
he
,
embarrassed
and
shaken
for
the
moment
by
this
sudden
visitation
,
was
still
heartened
and
hardened
into
a
kind
of
effrontery
and
gallantry
such
as
he
had
not
felt
as
yet
in
regard
to
her
.
She
was
seeking
him
--
that
was
plain
.
She
was
interested
,
and
clever
enough
to
make
the
occasion
which
permitted
him
to
speak
.
Wonderful
!
The
sweetness
of
her
daring
.
"
Oh
,
that
's
all
right
,
"
he
said
,
pretending
a
courage
and
a
daring
in
regard
to
her
which
he
did
not
feel
even
now
.
"
I
'll
just
send
them
down
to
the
wash
room
and
then
we
'll
see
if
we
ca
n't
restamp
them
.
It
's
not
our
mistake
,
really
.
"
