The Innocent

Authors: Evelyn Piper

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“It was time for Marjorie’s next task, which was detaching Charles from his warm bed. Charles loved bed; it was as difficult to get him out of bed as to pry an oyster from his shell, and it had to be done tactfully, which wasn’t the case with oysters. Charles went off to his job with the most obvious reluctance. He was not happy in his work and Marjorie knew it. If she did not quite feel, as Eve suggested, that it was unfair of the world not to pay Charles a salary just for being, she almost fel...t it. Marjorie would have been delighted to work for him. She had enjoyed being a buyer in Bloomingdale’s, and if Charles would only be patient, she would go back to her job as soon as little Pete could take it. But now it couldn’t be helped. Marjorie had to get Charles out of bed. She did it nicely and soft-talked him into a good mood about it.
While Charles showered, Marjorie fixed his breakfast with as much care as she had prepared little Pete’s formula the night before. With the baby she had to get nourishment down; with Charles she had to prevent too much food from going down.MoreLess Read More Read Less