![]() ![]() When Phyllis remembered that, she beat a hasty retreat back to her cold room. But, of course, that was because the rent wasn't paid. She had heard her scolding her baby but a moment before. The apartment was supposed to have heat in it, but the radiators had been stone cold all day, and when she tapped on the door of the landlady's room down the hall there was no answer, although Phyllis was sure she was there. Phyllis tossed her head to get the refractory lock of hair out of her eyes and, failing, pushed it back with her elbow then shivered again. One had to turn around carefully lest something be knocked over. ![]() Everything in the tiny dark hole that passed for a kitchenette was cramped. The table was inadequate because there wasn't room for a larger one. Phyllis shivered as she took her hands out of the dishwater to reach for a pile of plates that stood on the inadequate little table behind her. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except in the case of excerpts by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Victoria, BC Canada with branch offices in the Czech Republic and rights reserved. ![]() This edition published by Reading Essentials ![]()
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