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A
few
days
later
Mrs
.
Wheatley
took
her
downtown
to
shop
for
clothes
.
When
the
bus
stopped
at
their
corner
,
Beth
stepped
into
it
without
hesitation
,
even
though
it
was
the
first
time
she
’
d
ever
been
on
a
bus
.
It
was
a
warm
fall
Saturday
,
and
Beth
was
uncomfortable
in
her
Methuen
wool
skirt
and
could
hardly
wait
to
get
a
new
one
.
She
began
to
count
the
blocks
to
downtown
.
They
got
off
at
the
seventeenth
corner
.
Mrs
.
Wheatley
took
her
hand
,
although
it
was
hardly
necessary
,
and
ushered
her
across
a
few
yards
of
busy
sidewalks
into
the
revolving
doors
of
Ben
Snyder
’
s
Department
Store
.
It
was
ten
in
the
morning
and
the
aisles
were
full
of
women
carrying
big
dark
purses
and
shopping
bags
.
Mrs
.
Wheatley
walked
through
the
crowd
with
the
sureness
of
an
expert
.
Beth
followed
.
Before
they
looked
at
anything
to
wear
,
Mrs
.
Wheatley
took
her
down
the
broad
stairs
to
the
basement
,
where
she
spent
twenty
minutes
at
a
counter
with
what
a
card
said
were
“
Dinner
Napkin
Irregulars
,
”
putting
together
six
blue
ones
from
the
multicolored
pile
,
rejecting
dozens
in
the
process
.
She
waited
while
Mrs
.
Wheatley
assembled
her
set
in
a
kind
of
mesmerized
trial
and
error
and
then
decided
she
didn
’
t
really
need
napkins
.
They
went
to
another
counter
with
“
Book
Bargains
”
on
it
.
Mrs
.
Wheatley
read
out
the
titles
of
a
great
many
thirty
-
nine
-
cent
books
,
picked
up
several
and
leafed
through
them
but
didn
’
t
buy
any
.
Finally
they
took
the
escalator
back
to
the
main
floor
.
There
they
stopped
at
a
perfume
counter
so
Mrs
.
Wheatley
could
spray
one
wrist
with
Evening
in
Paris
and
the
other
with
Emeraude
.
“
All
right
,
dear
,
”
Mrs
.
Wheatley
said
finally
,
“
we
’
ll
go
up
to
four
.
”
She
smiled
at
Beth
.
“
Young
Ladies
’
Ready
-
to
-
Wear
.
”
Between
the
third
and
fourth
floors
Beth
looked
back
and
saw
a
sign
on
a
counter
that
said
BOOKS
AND
GAMES
,
and
right
near
the
sign
,
on
a
glass
-
topped
counter
,
were
three
chess
sets
.
“
Chess
!
”
she
said
,
tugging
Mrs
.
Wheatley
’
s
sleeve
.
“
What
is
it
?
”
Mrs
.
Wheatley
said
,
clearly
annoyed
.
“
They
sell
chess
sets
,
”
Beth
said
.
“
Can
we
go
back
?
”
“
Not
so
loud
,
”
Mrs
.
Wheatley
said
.
“
We
’
ll
go
by
on
the
way
back
down
.
”
