She was greatly relieved, therefore, when the girl replied: “I’m sorry, Mrs. Chatham, but I can’t possibly give you my answer for at least a week!” “Why, that’s ridiculous!” the widow protested haughtily. “You can’t expect me to keep the position open indefinitely.” The situation had become an exceedingly awk ward one. Nancy spoke up. “Mrs. Chatham, don’t you think it would be difficult to find someone else who knows as much about music and who would be kind to Trixie?” she asked, hoping to gain time for Ellen. Mrs. Chatham admitted that this might be true. She turned again to Ellen. “All right, I’ll wait a week, but no longer.” “Thank you. I promise I’ll give you my answer by that time,” Ellen replied. Without waiting to be introduced to Nancy’s other friends, the widow left the auditorium. “She’s a pain,” George remarked with a grimace. “I certainly wouldn’t want to work for her,” Bess stated. As the girls were about to say good-by to Ellen, she said, “Nancy, if you haven’t any special plans, would you like to drive to my home and hear about the mysterious story Hannah Gruen spoke of?
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