"Oh, well, come on. You can sit next to me if you like."
Faith took courage.
"What is your name?" she asked diffidently.
The elder girl laughed. "They call me Peg," she said, and with sudden impulse she held out her work-roughened hand. "Come on," she said again, with an unconscious note of imperiousness in her voice, and Faith obeyed.
That was Faith's initiation into the workings of Heeler's blouse factory. It was the beginning, also, of a lifelong friendship between herself and Peg Fraser.
During the day Peg asked many questions.
"Have you got a father and mother?"
"A mother—she's delicate."
"Oh! Any brothers and sisters?"