The Secret Pearl
“The little maid who had been sent to take Annie’s place was hanging up in the wardrobe the muslin day dress Fleur had just removed. Her manner was suddenly confidential. “As Ted Jackson said, you could not be guilty of those things you are supposed to be guilty of if you have come back of your own accord. Not that most of us thought you were guilty anyway, miss.”
Fleur came out of a deep reverie. “Thank you, Mollie,” she said. “It is kind of you to say so.”
Mollie’s voice lowered and became eve...n more confidential, though the door of Fleur’s dressing room was firmly closed and no other servant probably anywhere near it. “And if you was to ask me, miss,” she said, “I would say that Mr. Hobson got no more than he deserved. I never did like him. He always thought he was God’s gift to women.”
Hobson had been a handsome man in his own way. Mollie could not be described as a pretty girl, by any stretch of the imagination. Fleur guessed that the maid had been spurned by him at some time.MoreLess
Fleur came out of a deep reverie. “Thank you, Mollie,” she said. “It is kind of you to say so.”
Mollie’s voice lowered and became eve...n more confidential, though the door of Fleur’s dressing room was firmly closed and no other servant probably anywhere near it. “And if you was to ask me, miss,” she said, “I would say that Mr. Hobson got no more than he deserved. I never did like him. He always thought he was God’s gift to women.”
Hobson had been a handsome man in his own way. Mollie could not be described as a pretty girl, by any stretch of the imagination. Fleur guessed that the maid had been spurned by him at some time.MoreLess
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