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'So you got home all right last night?' Willoughby inquired; 'what did your aunt say to you?' 'Oh, she arst me where I'd been, and I tolder a lotter lies.' YOU GOT HOME ALL RIGHT LAST NIGHT WILLOUGHBY INQUIRED WHAT DID YOUR AUNT SAY TO YOU AH SHE ASKED WHERE I'D BEEN AND I TOLD HER A LOT OF LIES
A second glass-door at the back permitted Willoughby to see into a small sitting-room, and out again through a low and square-paned window to the sunny landscape beyond. Silhouetted against the light were the heads of two women; the rough young head of yesterday's Esther, the lean outline and bugled cap of Esther's aunt. It was the latter who at the jingling of the doorbell rose from her work and came forward to serve the customer; but the girl, with much mute meaning in her eyes, and a finger laid upon her smiling mouth, followed behind. Her aunt heard her footfall. 'What do you want here, Esther?' she said with thin disapproval; 'get back to your sewing.' Esther gave the young man a signal seen only by him and slipped out into the side-garden, where he found her when his purchases were made. She leaned over the privet-hedge to intercept him as he passed. 'Aunt's an awful ole maid,' she remarked apologetically; 'I b'lieve she'd never let me say a word to enny one if she could help it.  SHOP WAS COOL AND DARK A SECOND GLASS DOOR AT THE BACK PERMITTED WILLOUGHBY TO SEE INTO A SMALL SITTING ROOM AND NOW AND AGAIN THROUGH A LOW AND SQUARE PANED WINDOW TO THE SUNNY LANDSCAPE BEYOND SILHOUETTED AGAINST THE LIGHT WERE THE HEADS OF TWO WOMEN THE ROUGH YOUNG HEAD OF YESTERDAY'S ESTHER THE LEAN OUTLINE AND BUGLED CAP OF ESTHER'S AUNT IT WAS THE LATTER WHO AT THE JINGLING OF THE DOOR BELL ROSE FROM HER WORK AND CAME FORWARD TO SERVE THE CUSTOMER BUT THE GIRL WITH MUCH MUTE MEANING IN HER EYES AND A FINGER LAID UPON HER SMILING MOUTH FOLLOWED BEHIND HER AUNT HEARD HER FOOTFALL WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE ESTHER SHE SAID WITH THIN DISAPPROVAL GET BACK TO YOUR SEWING ESTHER GAVE THE YOUNG MAN A SIGNAL SEEN ONLY BY HIM AND SLIPPED OUT INTO THE SIDE GARDEN WHERE HE FOUND HER WHEN HIS PURCHASES WERE MADE SHE LEANED OVER THE PRIVET HEDGE TO INTERCEPT HIM AS HE PASSED AUNT'S AN AWFUL OLD MAID SHE REMARKED APOLOGETICALLY I BELIEVE SHE'D NEVER LET ME SAY A WORD TO ANY ONE IF SHE COULD HELP IT
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