“This is a free country.”
“Fine! You’re simply adorable when you try to sulk. What time would be most convenient?”
“I make no more appointments with you, young woman.”
“All right. Then I’ll wait at my shanty till you come.”
“I was going to rent it.”
“You just dare! I am coming back to work. The strike is over.”
“You’d better come to the office as soon as you get here.”
“All right. Give my love to Miss Gabus.”
She left the telephone and set about packing her things in a fury. Polly reminded her that she had appointments for fittings at dressmakers’.
“I never keep appointments,” said Mamise. “You can cancel them for me till this cruel war is over. Have the bills sent to me at the shipyard, will you, dear? Sorry to bother you, but I’ve barely time to catch my train.”