wrist watch. Then she helped herself to a cigarette, and gave the conversation a fresh start.
The crisis was precipitated by an innocent question of Fay's. \"Why are you so quiet, Rosika?\"
\"I am thinking of that poor lady who is dead,\" said Mme. Storey gravely.
It was like an icy hand laid on each heart there. A deathly silence fell on us. It seemed to last for ever. I felt paralysed. Mrs. Brunton was the first to recover herself. She was afraid of Mme. Storey,
wrist watch. Then she helped herself to a cigarette, and gave the conversation a fresh start.
The crisis was precipitated by an innocent question of Fay's. \"Why are you so quiet, Rosika?\"
\"I am thinking of that poor lady who is dead,\" said Mme. Storey gravely.
It was like an icy hand laid on each heart there. A deathly silence fell on us. It seemed to last for ever. I felt paralysed. Mrs. Brunton was the first to recover herself. She was afraid of Mme. Storey,
