There was no objection when I made a move to go back upstairs. Gloria had the good manners to tell Suzanne she had enjoyed the meal and Spence followe... suit with a similar comment.My telephone was ringing when we entered my room. "If that's my mother tell her we have all our clothes on," Cindy said before I answered the phone."Oh hi Curtis," I said to let Cindy know it wasn't her mother."Sure, when would you like to toss the ball around?" I asked Curtis and saw Cindy shaking her head."Sorry. "You are only now becoming a girlon the outside. I want you to have as much of an experience of what it islike to be a true girl. You are a little big to start out as a littlegirl who wants to play with dolls and things, so we are going to startwith you being a teenager. You are young enough looking that we can pullthis off now so I don't want to hear any more about you not wanting to dothis. Remember those pictures and you told me that you were going to doexactly what I tell you. So we are. It was her place to submit to his accusations. That she did not, taking offense and mocking him instead, irritated him. He recognized that the subject of her sister was a tender one, but he was too enflamed at present over her suggestion regarding the sweetmeats to dwell on the matter. He could not remember the last time someone had spoken to him with such insolence. "What are you doing?" she asked as she watched him open the trunk of items from the Red Chrysanthemum. "What is this?" He held up. Eventually I pushed myself up and slowly dressed, almost reluctant to leave. Geetha sat up on the sofa but made no attempt to put the night dress back on her. She watched until I slipped on my shoes and gathered my books.“Smarty, I’d like to do some remodeling but I don’t think I’m ready. However, I’d really like to see more of your work so I can get more ideas about just what I might want to do some day. If you could come back at your convenience, I’d like you to show me more.”“I will do.