34/53 And I was sorry for her, because she seemed to be having such a bad time. At the door she turned, in undiminished wrath, to shoot her parting dart:-- "And if Mr.Anton does not bring me the rent on Monday, I will serve notice of eviction on Tuesday, without fail." We breathed when she was gone. My mother wiped away a few tears, and went to the baby, crying in the windowless, air-tight room. "She never remembers how to say our name. She insists on saying _Anton--Anton_. |