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BORROWED PLUMES
By E. R. PUNSHON
NO lady would have done such a thing. You see, it was not merely wrong; it was vulgar as well—despicably vulgar—and Molly did it. It was, in fact, just the sort of trick that a scullery-maid would have played, and Molly did it.
But she knew so well what the great flat cardboard box held, and she was all alone in the house, and it was so long, so very long, since she had worn a pretty frock—not, in fact, since the death of her father had left her penniless and forced her to take this situation with Mrs. Courtenay-Saunders, nominally as lady-companion, really as girl for any odd job the servants wouldn't do.
To-day everyone else, including all the servants, had gone to the flower show some local ladyship or other was opening. Mrs. Courtenay-Saunders had been sure that Miss Fayne would not mind staying at home, so that the house might not be left empty, as the maids would be so disappointed if they could not be present at the opening ceremony. Molly, of course, agreed at once, for she had long since learnt that she ranked far below the servants, since lady-companions are as common as dirt, and good servants grow rarer every day.
So, though she would
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