08.31.06
Miz Agnes # 52
Tillie, you have done
> a wonderful job tonight.
> I don’t believe any party
> could be better.”
>
> “Thank you, Agnes,
> but you did as much.
> As long as Big Daddy
> is happy.
> I noticed Mr. Ethan
> is having a good time
> also. What a handsome
>Â white man he is.”
>
> “Why, Tillie, you sound
> almost smitten
> with the man, although
> I must agree.
> Handsome and charming
> perfectly describes our house-
> guest.”
>
> “Tillie giggled, “I don’t think
> I am the only one.”
>
> ‘Nonsense, Tillie, I was just
> agreeing with you.”
>
> “I know, Miz Agnes,
>Â but I was speaking
> of Velma Proctor,
> who seems to have
> taken a liking to him,
> as they have danced
> most of the night.”
>
> “I have been too busy
> to notice, Tillie,
> as you should have been.
>Â Now I must get back
> to our guests.”
>
> Agnes did not want Tillie
> to know that she ,indeed,
> had noticed.
>
> Surely, she was not feeling
> a moment of jealousy.
> Velma had always flirted
> with the men folk
> but never settled on one.
>
> Yet, Agnes wondered .