A Social Meteor — page 263: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR. 253 “T don’t know. Some one may come. I'll put — on my black velvet, anyway, as I’m tired of lying around in this wrapper.” ‘“That was a severe shock to madam’s nerves,” continued Annette, as she proceeded with Mrs. Thorne’s toilet. “Joseph say he had great trouble with mademoiselle in the hall; she try to break something, and scream like she was mad.” “It was frightful,’ responded Mrs. Thorne, with a shudder; “I never saw such a demon in my life.. I thought she was going to kill me, the way she flourished that umbrella. If you hadn’t come in just then, I don’t know what I should have done. The insolent beast! when I’ve paid her so many thousands of dollars. It makes my blood boil to think of the way she in- sulted me! How I would like to be able to pay her back! Did you hear her say that she wished I’d die a pauper? Just wait until I get the op- portunity (if I ever do} to get even with her, and see how quickly I’ll take advantage of it.” “But madam would not lower herself so much, and she must recollect, too, that mademoiselle had some reason to be angry,” interposed An- nette, soothingly. “Yes, I would,’ retorted her mistress, hotly, “T’d order half a dozen expensive dresses from her establishment, and when they were finished and sent home, I’d return them to her with a (E(o) Gomicbooks