I
brushed my fingers across my throat, and a cloud of powder wafted
outward.
"What does it say in the Bible about the way of the unrighteous? Well,
I know just as much about the subject as the Bible does, I think. For
a time I was speechless. I did not wish to blame my friends. But I
could not bear to think that any one should carry away such a vision of
one of father's daughters.
"'Take a good look at me please,' I said, laughing, at last, 'for you
will never see me again. I am Neptune's second daughter. I stepped
full-grown into the world to-night from the hands of my faithless
friends. Another step into my own room, and the lovely lady is gone
forever.'
"Andy understands me, and he laughed. But his mother still smiled the
clouded smile.
"I hurled myself into the depths of self-abasement. I spared no harsh
details. I told of the shampoo, and the candy on the window-ledge, the
magazine under the bed. Religiously I itemized every article on my
person, giving every one her proper due. Then I excused myself and
went up-stairs. I sneaked into my own room, removed the dream of Nile
green and lace and jumped up and down on it a few times, in stocking
feet, so the girls would not hear,--and relieved my feelings somewhat.
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