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o sponge it.
Ohnever mind. I can't bear to have you fussing about me. Just go.
I stole a look at him as I picked up the tray. His eyes were fixed on his wife's pearl
earring. As she turned her head to brush more powder on her face the earring swung back
and forthcaught in the light from the front windows. It made us all look at her faceand
reflected light as her eyes did.
I must go upstairs for a moment he said to Catharina. I won't be long.
That is itthenI thought. He has his answer.
When he asked me to come to the studio the next afternoonI did not feel excited as I
usually did when I knew I was to sit for him. For the first time I dreaded it. That morning the
clothes I washed felt particularly heavy and soddenand my hands not strong enough to
wring them well. I moved slowly bet [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n the kitchen and the courtyardand sat down to
rest more than once. Maria Thins caught me sitting when she came in for a copper
pancake pan. "What's the mattergirl? Are you ill?" she asked.
I jumped up. "Nomadam. Just a little tired."
Tiredeh? That's no way for a maid to beespecially not in the morning.
She looked as
if she did not believe me.
I plunged my hands into the cooling water and pulled out one of Catharina
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