If I am, it's not my fault, and the same
clay never made two objects quite so different. I came up here
to fight, and I'm going to see it through. I'm on the warpath,
so you may take your club and proceed to battle."
"What have we to fight about?" inquired Eileen.
"Every single thing that you have done that was unfair to me all
my life," said Linda. "Since all of it has been deliberate you
probably know more about the details than I do, so I'll just
content myself with telling you that for the future, last night
marked a change in the relations between us. I am going to be
eighteen before so very long, and I have ceased to be your maid
or your waitress or your dupe. You are not going to work me one
single time when I have got brains to see through your schemes
after this. Hereafter I take my place in my father's house and
at my father's table on an equality with you."
Eileen looked at Linda steadily, trying to see to the depths of
her soul. She saw enough to convince her that the young creature
in front of her was in earnest.
"Hm," she said, "have I been so busy that I have failed to notice
what a great girl you are getting?"
"Busy!" scoffed Linda. "Tell that to Katy. It's a kumquat!"
"Perhaps you are too big," continued Eileen, "to be asked to wait
on the table any more."
"I certainly am," retorted Linda, "and I am also too big to wear
such shoes or such a dress as I have on at the present min.
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