A retort was ready to her hand . Everyone knew that Mrs. Liddell , before her marriage to a wealthy man , had been a working girl . What could be easier than to say contemptuously : `` You should be a judge of a clerk 's courtesy and ability , madam . You were a shop girl yourself once ? '' But if she said it , what would follow ? Prompt and instant dismissal . And Patty ? The thought of the little sister quelled the storm in Marcella 's soul . For Patty 's sake she must control her temper -- and she did . With an effort that left her white and tremulous she crushed back the hot words and said quietly : `` I beg your pardon , Mrs. Liddell . I did not mean to be inattentive . Let me show you some of our new lingerie waists , I think you will like them . '' But Mrs. Liddell did not like the new lingerie waists which Marcella brought to her in her trembling hands . For another half hour she examined and found fault and sneered . Then she swept away with the scornful remark that she did n't see a thing there that was fit to wear , and she would go to Markwell Bros. and see if they had anything worth looking at . When she had gone , Marcella leaned against the counter , pale and exhausted . She must have a breathing spell . Oh , how her head ached ! How hot and stifling and horrible everything was ! She longed for the country herself .
Oh , if she and Patty could only go away XXXXX some place where there were green clover meadows and cool breezes and great hills where the air was sweet and pure !
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