Winnie Childs - The Shop Girl by C. N. Williamson;A. M. Williamson
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Lord Raygan and his sister and mother, Miss Rolls would be flat in her
berth. "Five incredibly beautiful girls in evening dress!" repeated Lord Raygan, who, like Peter, was a good sailor. Ena Rolls wanted him to be interested in her, and not in five preposterous persons in evening dress, so she replied promptly to Peter's question: "I suppose they must be Nadine's living models. We all had cards about their being on board and the hours of their parade to show the latest fashions. You saw the card, I suppose, Lady Eileen?" "Yes," returned Lord Raygan's flapper sister. "It's on the writing-desk in that darling sitting-room you've given Mubs and me." Ena felt rewarded for her sacrifice. She and Peter had engaged the best suite on board the _Monarchic_, but when Lord Raygan and his mother and sister were borne past Queenstown in most unworthy cabins (two very small ones between the three), Ena had given up her own and Peter's room to the two ladies. It was a Providential chance to make their acquaintance and win their gratitude. (She had met Raygan in Egypt and London, and sailed on the _Monarchic_ in consequence.) "The stewardess told me before I moved down," she went on, "that Mme. Nadine had taken the ship's nursery this trip for her show, and fitted it with wardrobes and mirror doors at immense expense. I'm afraid she won't get her money back if this storm lasts. Who could gaze at living models?" |
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