CHAPTER XV
JEANNE AND MARGOT
Margot's to-morrow and again to-morrow with Jeanne did not come to pass.
Margot discovered she could not disturb the little girl's workaday life. It greatly annoyed Margot that, for the first time in her life, she could not wave her wand and command what she wished.
"I want her! I want to play with her!" exclaimed the pouting Margot, stamping her foot.
She had just called Jeanne on the telephone. Jeanne had told her that it would be impossible to go to the Guignol or play.
To-day was a week day, and from school Jeanne was obliged to hurry home to help Auntie Sue in the shop.
"Come, Margot, child," pleaded Grandmother. "Do not fret. We shall take another child to-day. Grandmother will telephone for you."
"They are all stupid! I want Jeanne!" insisted the little girl.
So Margot went to the Guignol with her nurse. She went again and again. All the time, she thought of the happy day she had spent there with Jeanne and Pierrot.
While Margot was watching the puppets one day, she noticed a child standing outside the gate looking in. It was Jeanne.