CHAPTER 20RUMORS
Peggy and Jane were getting their breakfasts a couple of weeks later on a rare leisurely day off together.
“Do you know,” Peggy remarked, “that I haven’t seen Inez in over a week? I’m not at all worried because I know she’s still about.” She nodded toward the waste basket which held a wilted orchid corsage.
Jane chuckled. “I’ve only seen her once this week, and then only to complain loudly that it was becoming increasingly difficult to find an inch of closet space for my two frocks. As an answer, she wadded up a couple of evening dresses she said she’d worn four times, stuck them in a box and put them under the bed. It didn’t help much. I noticed a couple of new ones hanging in their place this morning.”
“One of the older hostesses told me that Miss Huston had repriman
