Kitty had caught sight of the fierce face in the window, and a little daring devil had entered into her.
"Mummy said she couldn't tell if she wasn't allowed to look."
"And why," said Lucy, "wasn't she allowed to look?"
"Daddy said she wasn't to."
"Of course he did," said Lucy. "It's very rude to look at people."
"Daddy looked. I saw him."
The door of the bureau opened and the manager's wife came out. She had a slight flush on her face and her mouth was tighter than ever.
Mrs. Tailleur saw her coming and slipped the child from her lap. The manager's wife put out her hand to take him, but he turned from her and clung to the pretty lady.
The woman seized him by the arm and tore him from her, and dragged him toward the apartments of the management. The child screamed as he went.
"Women like that," said Lucy, "shouldn't be allowed to have children."