Mary had entered the room wearing a smile, obviously happy with her new choices of clothing for the mistress; but her countenance fell when Reena called her a stupid girl. ? She gave Reena a questioning look, which mutely?asked, what did I do now, before hanging her head.
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?The look in her eyes showed how truly hurt she was, after all of her work, and even after she had made a point of not¡, Looking at the doctor this time.
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?Mistress?? I¡, I¡¯m sorry that the clothes displease you, she glanced away then, toward the wall, not looking at either of the couple, hoping her trembling lips did not show, also hoping that the approaching tears did not show. ? She?gave Reena an incredulous look, and a small gasp of surprise when the lady of the house stated that clothes?shopping was stupid. ? She would have normally ?verbalized her surprise at this assertion, perhaps even being so bold as to try to persuade the mistress otherwise. But this time, she merely glanced away once more. When Reena commanded her to get out, and reiterated that she was a stupid girl, ?Mary gave a small bow of submission. Very well mistress, there is coffee and dinner for the two of you, and for your guest in the library. Goodbye. Her tone was soft, and she did not know why she had said goodbye, as her last word. She wasn¡¯t planning to leave, so why had she said it? Mary didn¡¯t know, but she turned, and walked slowly, dejectedly out of the room, closing the door softly, not daring to stand and listen to what was said behind the door?
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?Mary decided that perhaps, the reason she had said goodbye, was that she wished she could simply disappear from that place, and never ?be seen there again. Of course though, that would guarantee that she would not get Henry, but she thought to herself that¡, It didn¡¯t look like Henry was really going to give her any attention anyway, he belong to Rena, and she would just have to face that, she supposed. How she wished she could get above Rena, not even so much to get the doctor, just to have a little pride in life for once; ?i¡¯m so tired of crawling, so tired of being nothing, she mused out loud, as she made her way into her room, and sat in a small chair that was there.???
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