"My, you're good to me, Phœbe!"
"Good—after all you've done for me!"
"Good," she thought after Mother Bab had been left at the home of Phares and Phœbe turned homeward. "She calls me good the first time I deceive her. I've begun that tangled web and I know I'll have to tell a whole pack of lies before I'm through with it."
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE ONE CHANCE
Phœbe lost no time in carrying out her plans. When she mentioned the operation to Phares Eby he looked dubious.
"I'm afraid it's no use," he said gravely. "Those operations very often fail."
"But there's a chance, Phares! If it were your eyes wouldn't you snatch at any meagre chance?"
"Why, I guess I would," he admitted, wondering at her insight into human nature and admiring her devotion to the blind woman.