Eventually I found my way out on to the strip, found a mall and started looking at the selection of clothes. They were nearly all designer names and c...nsiderably more than I could afford. Sighing a little I turned down a side street and looked along there for a bit. I must have struck lucky because there just down the road was a dress shop. I looked in the window, trying to work out the type of thing they sold and whether I would like it, but the glare of the sun defeated me so I went inside.. .I was thirsty so I went to get something to drink. Big mistake. I thought Mother was asleep in her room, but she wasn't. On the couch in the living room and awake. Barely."Well, if it ain't the little whore bitch." She was slurring her words and appeared in a daze. I made sure not to get close enough for her to swing a fist at me. I also kept an eye on the bottle she was holding. She'd hit me a good one with a thrown bottle once. Probably a lucky throw.I wasn't so afraid of her as I'd once. "Good morning yourself," she answered with a giggle."Did you sleep well?" Yes! I had a very good night's sleep, thank you." It's time to get up. I need to return to Boston to go to work. However, I believe it would be better for you to remain here with my Parents. There is no way to tell what Harrington has cooked up overnight," I told her."But I should be with you. I'm the cause of all of your trouble!" she moaned in agitation."Harrington has been unhappy with me ever since they hired me," I. Her friend had been given quarters in the farmhouse, but the Princess, denied shelter by the terms of her contract with the Good Fairy, had slept in the field next to where she had been working.Once more the two embraced tenderly. Martha mounted her steed and rode off, not looking around until she knew herself to be out of sight. She could not bear to let her friend see her tears, and both girls knew that it would take very little to weaken their resolve to part. They also knew that only harm.