She went back into the studio with a rather heavy heart. She was fond
of Bailey.
The sight of Kirk restored her. After all, what had happened was only
what she had expected. She had chosen her path, and she did not regret
it.
Chapter X
An Interlude of Peace
Two events of importance in the small world which centred round William
B. Winfield occurred at about this time. The first was the entrance of
Mamie, the second the exit of Mrs. Porter.
Mamie was the last of a series of nurses who came and went in somewhat
rapid succession during the early years of the White Hope's life. She
was introduced by Steve, who, it seemed, had known her since she was a
child. She was the nineteen-year-old daughter of a compositor on one of
the morning papers, a little, mouselike thing, with tiny hands and
feet, a soft voice, and eyes that took up far more than their fair
share of her face.
She had had no professional experience as a nursery-maid; but, as Steve
pointed out, the fact that, in the absence of her mother, who had died
some years previously, she had had sole charge of three small brothers
at the age when small brothers are least easily handled, and had
steered them through to the office-boy age without mishap, put her
extremely high in the class of gifted amateurs. Mamie was accordingly
given a trial, and survived it triumphantly.
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