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For
quite
a
little
while
she
was
unable
to
think
how
to
proceed
.
How
was
she
to
see
him
this
day
,
or
the
next
at
the
very
latest
?
How
should
she
go
about
putting
before
him
the
need
of
this
gift
,
or
loan
,
as
she
finally
worded
it
to
herself
?
She
might
hint
that
he
could
loan
her
enough
to
buy
the
coat
and
that
later
she
would
pay
him
back
by
degrees
(
yet
once
in
possession
of
the
coat
she
well
knew
that
that
necessity
would
never
confront
her
)
.
Or
,
if
he
did
not
have
so
much
money
on
hand
at
one
time
,
she
could
suggest
that
she
might
arrange
with
Mr.
Rubenstein
for
a
series
of
time
payments
which
could
be
met
by
Clyde
.
In
this
connection
her
mind
suddenly
turned
and
began
to
consider
how
she
could
flatter
and
cajole
Mr.
Rubenstein
into
letting
her
have
the
coat
on
easy
terms
.
She
recalled
that
he
had
said
he
would
be
glad
to
buy
the
coat
for
her
if
he
thought
she
would
be
nice
to
him
.
Her
first
scheme
in
connection
with
all
this
was
to
suggest
to
Louise
Ratterer
to
invite
her
brother
,
Clyde
and
a
third
youth
by
the
name
of
Scull
,
who
was
dancing
attendance
upon
Louise
,
to
come
to
a
certain
dance
hall
that
very
evening
to
which
she
was
already
planning
to
go
with
the
more
favored
cigar
clerk
.
Only
now
she
intended
to
break
that
engagement
and
appear
alone
with
Louise
and
Greta
and
announce
that
her
proposed
partner
was
ill
.
That
would
give
her
an
opportunity
to
leave
early
with
Clyde
and
with
him
walk
past
the
Rubenstein
store
.
But
having
the
temperament
of
a
spider
that
spins
a
web
for
flies
,
she
foresaw
that
this
might
involve
the
possibility
of
Louise
's
explaining
to
Clyde
or
Ratterer
that
it
was
Hortense
who
had
instigated
the
party
.
It
might
even
bring
up
some
accidental
mention
of
the
coat
on
the
part
of
Clyde
to
Louise
later
,
which
,
as
she
felt
,
would
never
do
.
She
did
not
care
to
let
her
friends
know
how
she
provided
for
herself
.
In
consequence
,
she
decided
that
it
would
not
do
for
her
to
appeal
to
Louise
nor
to
Greta
in
this
fashion
.
And
she
was
actually
beginning
to
worry
as
to
how
to
bring
about
this
encounter
,
when
Clyde
,
who
chanced
to
be
in
the
vicinity
on
his
way
home
from
work
,
walked
into
the
store
where
she
was
working
.
He
was
seeking
for
a
date
on
the
following
Sunday
.
And
to
his
intense
delight
,
Hortense
greeted
him
most
cordially
with
a
most
engaging
smile
and
a
wave
of
the
hand
.
She
was
busy
at
the
moment
with
a
customer
.
She
soon
finished
,
however
,
and
drawing
near
,
and
keeping
one
eye
on
her
floor-walker
who
resented
callers
,
exclaimed
:
"
I
was
just
thinking
about
you
.
You
was
n't
thinking
about
me
,
was
you
?
Trade
last
.
"
Then
she
added
,
sotto
voce
,
"
Do
n't
act
like
you
are
talking
to
me
.
I
see
our
floorwalker
over
there
.
"
Arrested
by
the
unusual
sweetness
in
her
voice
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
warm
smile
with
which
she
greeted
him
,
Clyde
was
enlivened
and
heartened
at
once
.
"
Was
I
thinking
of
you
?
"
he
returned
gayly
.
"
Do
I
ever
think
of
any
one
else
?
Say
!
Ratterer
says
I
've
got
you
on
the
brain
.
"
"
Oh
,
him
,
"
replied
Hortense
,
pouting
spitefully
and
scornfully
,
for
Ratterer
,
strangely
enough
,
was
one
whom
she
did
not
interest
very
much
,
and
this
she
knew
.
"
He
thinks
he
's
so
smart
,
"
she
added
.
"
I
know
a
lotta
girls
do
n't
like
him
.
"
"
Oh
,
Tom
's
all
right
,
"
pleaded
Clyde
,
loyally
.
"
That
's
just
his
way
of
talking
.
He
likes
you
.
"
"
Oh
,
no
,
he
do
n't
,
either
,
"
replied
Hortense
.
"
But
I
do
n't
want
to
talk
about
him
.
Whatcha
doin
'
around
six
o'clock
to-night
?
"
