Jennette Lee,
The Green Jacket — Chapter XI
(1917)
“ She glanced toward the bed, where the work for the new seamstress lay. She must not waste time. She had assured herself that what she expected was true—neither the cabinet nor the box itself had been tampered with. ”
Jennette Lee,
The Green Jacket — Chapter XI
(1917)
“ She stood looking down at the wealth shining out from the box, thinking a little grimly of the foolishness that led women to keep such temptation for burglary always at hand, close to the very place they slept. ”
Jennette Lee,
The Green Jacket — Chapter XI
(1917)
“ She gathered up her work from the bed and stepped into the hall, making her way quickly past the open doors. She did not glance into the rooms on either side as she passed them, and she did not return again to the upper floor. Whatever suspicion had been roused against her must have time to subside. . . . And perhaps there was no suspicion. A curious maid may have seen the closed door, and tried the knob and gone away. Or the woman who had brought the tray to her——For the rest of the afternoon the seamstress sewed quietly in the room off the terrace. ”
