Curtain for a Jester
“to 11:12 P.M.
Martha Evitts hesitated at the door. She looked through a glass panel into the shadowy interior of the Emporium. It was impossible that she had misunderstood, had not been told to come tonight, to come at once; had not been told, clearly, that she was needed to help get “things straightened out.”
She had not wanted to come, had thought of pretending illness, of saying that the shock of her experience that morning was still too great. And she had promised John to stay in the apartm...ent until he came for her. But the word “ought” had come into it; “you ought to come if you possibly can.” The word “ought,” representing an obligation, was a compelling word. And it was true—she supposed it was true—that Mr. Wilmot’s sudden death had left things disorderly in the business of which he had been, so personally, the head. “At sixes and sevens,” she had been told; and told again she was needed.
She had got a picture in her mind, from that. All the others who worked at the Emporium were there, trying to get things straightened out.MoreLess
Martha Evitts hesitated at the door. She looked through a glass panel into the shadowy interior of the Emporium. It was impossible that she had misunderstood, had not been told to come tonight, to come at once; had not been told, clearly, that she was needed to help get “things straightened out.”
She had not wanted to come, had thought of pretending illness, of saying that the shock of her experience that morning was still too great. And she had promised John to stay in the apartm...ent until he came for her. But the word “ought” had come into it; “you ought to come if you possibly can.” The word “ought,” representing an obligation, was a compelling word. And it was true—she supposed it was true—that Mr. Wilmot’s sudden death had left things disorderly in the business of which he had been, so personally, the head. “At sixes and sevens,” she had been told; and told again she was needed.
She had got a picture in her mind, from that. All the others who worked at the Emporium were there, trying to get things straightened out.MoreLess
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