“I’m silly; I don’t know why I cried. There’s nothing to cry for,” she protested.
“That’s why women always cry,” said June hardily.
CHAPTER X
Esther climbed the stairs of the agency again the following morning. There was a little feeling of despondency in her heart. She had slept badly, and she had not been able to forget what June had said about Ashton.
Esther was influenced by June’s “instincts,” as she chose to call them; she knew it was foolish, but the fact remained all the same.
When she opened the waiting-room door she felt half inclined to turn and go away again. She would only meet with the same answer: “Nothing that will suit you to-day, Miss Shepstone.”
But for a wonder the room was almost empty, and the tall and stately one was standing at the communicating door.
When she saw Esther she came forward.