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bosomed, her silver bracelets
Laughing on her plump arm. her
blond hair not streaked with
gray or dark at the roots as #
mad been this morning, but yell
low as a buttercup. . Kitty
with her Bohemian airs she
chung to because they were the
ways of her youth that had
passed so quickly she could not
quite comprehend its passing.
leaving her old and poor and
twice widowed, her fine spirit
like a flag that was slowly be-
ing lowered to half-mast,
Kitty, for whom her older
daughter apologized because she
mad no taste, yet loved and rev.
cred by the younger child who
knew her mothers great good
taste for living, her unseIfish
generosity, her astonishing wis
dom. Kitty, sometimes a fool,
sometimes a sage, yet unforget-
tably kind and loving.
Coming in, darling she
said. "Our dresses came and
Teresa sent some things over"
With a dubious look she went
to the closet, her high heels on
her short, fat feet making a
harsh sound on the floor. ssHere
they are" she said, producing
tailored black velvet for herself
and an aqua crepe for Alison.
"Um. You don't like it, do
your"
Alison could have wept.
It's too young for you," Kitty
said: "Of course it is. It's for a
child in pigtails. What does Te-
resa think you are - a baby?
But don't worry. Well take it
back tomorrow and get some
thing you like"
Maybe Teresa wouldn't like
that" Why did Teresa want her
to look like a baby anyway?
And maybe I don't are if
She doesn't. You can't wear this
thing. You'd want to hide in a
corner. And when you have a
chance to get n nice dress.
you're going to get it,"
Alison pulled her beret from
her head and shook her hair
loose. She glanced at herself in
the mirror when she asked.
Have u that is - is my hair
really pretty?"
Kitty stood still and looked at
her, her faded blue eyes
strangely sad.
You have lovely hair, my
darling. Sam is observant. He's
attractive, too, isn't he? Very
attractive I like him. And he'll
improve under the process of
rlpening. But II don't get it.
I'm queered. She takes Sam
when she could have had Philio
Spencer"
who's Philip Spencer"
Kitty went over to a chair and
sat down and eased her feet out
Of her shoes.
Teresa let out q few things
about him the last time she
came up to see us, a month
ago, just before she went to that
island in Georgia on her vaca-
ton. You know she never tells
us anything. But Philip is Ed
mas brother. Edna Is a widow
and Philip isn't married and
they live together in 4 big coun-
try house where the reception is
being given tomorrow night"
"Teresa's been living there
since she gave up her apart
ment, hasn't she?"
Kitty nodded. 1.-THE Spencer
family estate. They're very rich.
Edna's husband left her a for
tune. She has no children and
she's been very good to Teresa
since she came to Washington.
Like a mother. I imagine Edna
is almost old enough to be Te-
resa's mother. Philip is years
younger. There's another sister,
I believe. Teresa doesn't like
her. But 7 thought Edna was in
terested in Teresa because she
thought Philip wanted to marry
her. Now along comes Sam, who
is only a newspaperman and
she's going to marry him. It's
all sort of sudden and unexpect-
ed and not at all Teresa's way
of doing things"
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