3975. Clara
ignored the bulldog look on her sisters face, and it should have warned her
that she was entering dangerous territory, but she plunged right ahead,
oblivious to her sister's now apoplectic condition.
3976. “Take for
example the outfits we fit out our servants with. What is the point of the gold
buttons, and the braid, the silk pocket lapels, and the hats with shiny black brims?
Just consider the yellow trousers with the crimson strip you used to dress up
your footman Alexis with, and now you have him in the dining room dressed all
in white.”
3977. Here was
the crux of the matter. Clara was incensed about her sister’s attentions to her
servant and had planned her whole conversation so that she could arrive at the
point where she could insinuate that Harriet was emotionally attached to the
young man.
3978. We
interrupt this interesting story to bring you the news that Otis has escaped
from the Fowler. In the middle of an overcast and moonless night, about a week
after the dog fighting competition he escaped from the Fowler’s wagon and
slipped off into the woods alone.
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