Then she took the car and went down town.
This was the dull season with the department stores, but she was listened to with more consideration than was usually accorded to young women applicants, owing to her neat and attractive appearance.

She was asked the same old questions with which she was already familiar.
"What can you do?
Have you ever worked in a retail store before?
Are you experienced ?" At The Fair, See and Company's, and all the great stores it was much the same.

It was the dull season, she might come in a little later, possibly they would like to have her.
When she arrived at the house at the end of the day, weary and disheartened, she discovered that Drouet had been there.

His umbrella and light overcoat were gone.

She thought she missed other things, but could not be sure.