Don't You Trust Me?
“14 EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD WAS involved in After the Race Is Run, even Mrs. Barnes, the housekeeper, who was one of the breakfast cooks. We were therefore up at dawn on the day of the benefit, and over at the stables setting up by seven. At ten thirty, when the event was already in full swing and crowds of people were wandering around, I realized that I had left some of the paperwork I needed back at the house, so Emma offered to run me back to pick it up.
When we got there, Emma waited in th...e car, as we both assumed I would be inside for less than a minute. I would have been too, except that the phone rang while I was passing through the hall on the way out, paperwork in hand.
Since I still had no cell phone, people had to reach me by using the house phone. It might, therefore, have been somebody calling about the event, with a message I needed to hear. I groaned but veered into Uncle Karl’s study to pick up the handset.
“Styles residence,” I said, seating myself behind Uncle Karl’s desk.MoreLess
When we got there, Emma waited in th...e car, as we both assumed I would be inside for less than a minute. I would have been too, except that the phone rang while I was passing through the hall on the way out, paperwork in hand.
Since I still had no cell phone, people had to reach me by using the house phone. It might, therefore, have been somebody calling about the event, with a message I needed to hear. I groaned but veered into Uncle Karl’s study to pick up the handset.
“Styles residence,” I said, seating myself behind Uncle Karl’s desk.MoreLess
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