innocently. \"I do enjoy my meals so. And I lost weight all the time!\" She sprang up, gave her skirts a flirt in front of the mirror, and looked at herself coyly over her shoulder. \"You gotta admit, Rosika, that I'm ever so much slenderer than I was last year.\"
\"Optimist!\" murmured Mme. Storey under her breath. \"How much money have you given her?\" she asked aloud.
\"Latterly it's been five hundred a week. She claimed
innocently. \"I do enjoy my meals so. And I lost weight all the time!\" She sprang up, gave her skirts a flirt in front of the mirror, and looked at herself coyly over her shoulder. \"You gotta admit, Rosika, that I'm ever so much slenderer than I was last year.\"
\"Optimist!\" murmured Mme. Storey under her breath. \"How much money have you given her?\" she asked aloud.
\"Latterly it's been five hundred a week. She claimed
