“Well, why shouldn’t I be glad, just once?” she smiled to herself in the glass as she arranged her bronze braids with special care. “He saved my life, and it will be nice to see him once more and say another thank you again. Of course, I know he is rich, and I probably will never see him again after I go back to Chicago, but it isn’t wrong to have a good time just for once. I’m not silly. I shan’t get a notion he is in love with me or anything,” and she smiled wistfully at herself in the glass.
Somehow life seemed a great deal more bearable now that she was away from the Schwarzes and there was a prospect of seeing her mother. Maybe they could find work together somewhere and be able to live at home once more. Wouldn’t that be great!
She went out to meet her hostess with a smiling face.
