CHAPTER XIV.
By the next day she had made up her mind to look for another apartment.
The move had several points in its favour.

It would not only take her away from this place where she felt the spell so strong; it would also give her something to do.

"And I need it, heaven knows!" she thought.
And besides it would provide an excuse for not seeing Amy's friends.
"I'll be worn out every evening," she decided with grim satisfaction.
She found Joe more than ready for the change.

He himself had suggested it, some weeks before, and Ethel made the most of that.

"I've been thinking over your idea of moving," she began one night.