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Rh Mr. Bike moved quietly to the door and holding it open, said:

"My beauty, you be careful, or that fine spirit of yours will get you into trouble some of these days."

Dido gave him a scornful glance as she and Maggie walked out, and the door was closed behind them.

She related her failure to the waiting girls, and they all went home after promising to be there Monday morning to prevent others taking their places. They seemed to feel the consequence of their own act less than Dido and rather welcomed an extra holiday.

That evening Dido pawned all her furniture and extra clothes, and the money she received for them, added to her savings, went towards saving the body of Mrs. Williams from the Potter's Field. There was not quite enough to pay the undertaker, so Dido was forced to borrow the remainder from Blind