This is life! Susie thought, leaning back in the Pullman chair. She stretched out her long legs and crossed her ankles modestly, she looked with satisfaction at her new shoes. Nice shoes, she thought, and nice feet. Far from small, but narrow. Aristocratic, I dare say.
Mr. Chiswick had put ideas like that into her head. A month ago she had seen his advertisement in a New York newspaper.
Wanted: Young lady, with unquestionable social and cultural background. Experience not essential. Write stating qualifications. C. C. Box 907.
Young lady, with unquestionable social and cultural background. Experience not essential. Write stating qualifications. C. C. Box 907Bogus, she had thought; just another of those things, selling from door to door on commission.
But you never know. She had registe
