The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Cvntbia spoke up sharply,

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 "You might as well know the truth now as ever, Jan," she said. T told Grams you wouldn't like her keeping it from you"
 Cynthia" old Mary Cantrell snapped, T forbade youl'
 "Nonsenel The bottom has fallen out of Grams trust company, Jan. They've cut dividends. She can't afford this place any longer
 "It was moment before Janet entirely understood. Then she cried. T don't care if she can't. You're not going to move one inch, Aunt Mary. Not while have more than enough"
 She had started to say, 'Not while I have more than enough for both of us."
 Then she remembered. If she were to assume the payments on the house, she was not at all sure that she would have enough left even to make up the difference in Aunt Mary's rent. It had developed into such very costly house-much too costly for two young people just starting out in life. But Lance had felt that they must have something in keeping with the dignity of ris- ing young architect.
 AS Janet broke of, she was mis- erably aware of Cynthias specula- tive glance. There was something uncannily intuitive about Cynthia.
 Well, at any rate" Janet finished desperately, you're not going to do thing until-but why, of course! All we have to do is to make few very simple changes in the plans for our house, and you can have 8 separate apartment there for yourself, Aunt Mary"
 Not while I'm able to keep tent over my head" said Aunt Mary grimly, "do I go to live in any other woman's house-not even yours, Janet . And how, may ask, do you suggest that I dispose of your cousin?"
 Why" Janet faltered; then she rushed on with reckless aban- don, why, Cyn would come, too, of course"
 After making a few more very simple changes in Lance's precious blueprint, I suppose?" Cynthia's eyes were wicked. And wouldn't Lance just love setting up his mar ried life as proprietor of a three way harem? No, my dear little cousin. The time seems to have come for Cynthia to give some thought to carving out her own destiny"
 She knelt to poke the wood fire with exaggerated care. When she had finished, she continued to stoop there, her slim hands tightly clasped over one bent knee, her graceful dark head bent.
 Rather stupid though" she fin ished almost as if to herself, ito waste time thinking Maybe I'll actually do something about it this time"
 Perhaps it was the flaring up of the fire that made her seem sud- denly paler, so that the rouge be- meath her high cheekbones stood out in vivid triangles, and her eyes in their deep shadows were strange ly bright She got up and strolled quite casually out of the room; and a moment later Janet heard her lazy voice laughing from the tele- phone in the hall beyond.
 "Still against eating dinner alone tonight? Well, you win after all. Yes. I've changed my mind :. . Wasn't it clever of you to know that I would? And how nice of me to allow you to be right for once! Oh, no! I'm not admitting yet that you were right about-the rest of it, too .. Well, later, then"
 Aunt Mary" Janet said in low tone, what do you suppose she meant? You know-about-"
 Probably" said Aunt Mary, "just about as much as Cynthia ever means when she is in one of her exalted moods and feeling a bit dramatic. With her flair for exits and entrances I'm surprised she's never had leanings toward the stage"
 Which was as near as Aunt Mary often came to criticizing her grand daughter.
 By the way" Mrs. Cantrell went on, "the mail just came.