Masters School - Masterpieces Yearbook (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

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slmultaneously the mocklnfv glltter of one pendant earrmff, 1nd the spectral gleam of the whltes of her eyes Pear Hooded her flct, and somethmff else XVas It desperatlonp The comb wavered and clattered on the floor near the washstfxnd xvlth one twist of her bony shoulders the shawl fell IH a soft heap at her neels Wlthout If her fiffure was Hatter and more shrunken than eyer Her tmy Warst was pulled rn by dlrty apron strmvs wrapped around It sey eral txmes The heuy pfnls had rounded her back lnto 1 small hump, 'md her dress hung ln loose folds oyer her hollow chest Short WISPS of thm fine hur that would not reach the knot scraffgled llfltldlly about the n lpe of her neck Her finffers were p'llSlLCl 1s she jerked off the elrrmg She made 1 pilnful swoop for the yuffs, her knees cracklnff her hands tremblmff Graspmg them and the mop she stralghtened, ran to the door, and a moment later scurrred, rat hke doyyn the corrldor Before the echo of enny s footsteps had dled the front door slammed Voyces and 1 rush of hurrxcd feet sounded on the stalrs Suddenly the door burst open, and Peffgy bounded mto the room She stood gaspmfr and breath less 1 moment, leanmfr her back agfunst the door, her head up, and one hand runnmfr throuffh her black hrur Wrth 1 lrltmv volce, she suddenly erred, S'1y, Gm, the cerlse flower wlll be better behmd my en' The blue yust matches my eyes, but Ch, lsn t II mary elousl Come on, yye ye not to Stmll dxsregardmff me, she peeled off her Peter Thom blouse, and snatched ner yy ish cloth 'Xt the vyash stand, seemg no httle yuffs, she snapped an 1m pztyent thumb and HDWCI' That woman s forfrotten the hot yy xter affdm I rc1lly dont see 1n excuse for that, do you? That lxttle drud up wtfur ouffht to haue been 1n ln Old Ladles Home lonv '1 fo Don t you thlnk so Glllpn I felt a curlous twhtenmff mn my throat I sayy enny wlth the shwyl around her scrawny neck and the hrgh comb ln her sohd httle knot Gm' For heay en s slke, what 19 the mwtterf crxed Peff, and, comr U up behmd me, she lard her hands on my shoulders Shaklnfr them off I turned and faced her Her cheeks flushed '1 ylyld rose Her blue eyes, crmcal and rmpatlent, darkened between the thick lashes I pomted to the shrwyl lymv m a soft heap before my bureau Perf s brows lmmedmtely contracted So that s what she s been domg How drd she d tre to put lf on Really outrageous, what d you say we report lt' I dld not answer Tears, whlch had suddenly rrsen, swept oyer the llds and raced down my cheeks 5 1 5 D 1 1 ,C I 1 1 . 1 ' 2 ' 1 1 C . 1 1 11 1 . . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 1 ' K V n v b 1 , 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 I ' . vt I 1 x 1 b . C 1 ' ' 1 1' ' 11 1' ' ' 2 . 1 1 1 C1 1 16, 1 S. 1 1 , ' x . a , ' 1 , 1 . C L b K o v ' ' 1 - 1 ,C . 1 ,C1 1 1 1 C 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 K. . Q . . Y . U b ' 0 ' . U . . 1 . 4 Y 1 V C u . . , . , I , . 1 11, h 1 1 .. C ar I61lI'. U 1 1 1 , . . . . 1 11 ' 1 4 71 L :1 l 2 1 U . H 1 , 'Z 1 1 . 'Z ' l ' 1 V 5 C ' Y ' 1 . 1 ' - 1 2 1, 1 .V , , . . 1 1 :1E . ' 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 b b . J ' A 1 v 1 Y 1 n ra ' V 9 , - '73 - - . 1 1 1 1 1 . : 1 Il, 1 1 1 1. 1 S Q 1 . I V I 1 Q 'J 4 .1 1 c l' 1 1. 1 1 ' ' ,R 1 , . . v A 1 . -1 1 1 . 1. cc 3 Q - , - , - E V . 1 1 . 1 7 U 0 C K 1 V. V 1 .

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hair, both flapping with the same motion. Tl1e shawl had been lying o11 the bed, and she had crept up to look at it. The ruff rolled aside, a stream of water trickling from tl1e mop, a scrubbing brusl1 and a cake of smelly yellow soap ly mg bes1de tl1e pa1l, her tlllll red fingers had wayermgly toucl1ed the lonffest frmge The recollectlon of enny s look of passlonate longmg sober d my I'lSII1g sp1r1ts for a moment, and my stumblmfr r11n slowed down to a walk Yes, undoubtedly enny had not an ent1c1nff land of emstence But by th1s tlme I had reached the street lamp and there was the frlendly watch man From under h1s great coat h1s legs looked absurdly th1n and reedy H15 face was caday erous He called to me 1n a br1sk, cheery lngh greetmg as he stood teetermv back and forth on l11s toes, l11s m1sty lamp swmfflnff about h1s knees I passed h1m and flew across the road, and shppmg over tl1e treacherous ICI 1nd deep pools, ran down our dr11e The german thls year, It was whlspered, was to be elaborate and especlally exc1t1nfr That new members were to be taken on the D A A was the pers1stent 111mor and I had bet most of my next week s ca11dy on the cho1ces I could almost hear the orchestra a spec1al one and I carelessly sped 11p tl1e steps of Lmdens X 1 rule lt would have been a most reckless proceedmv for two respected lIl1l1'lI s had had an hlstorlc tumble on those steps one sleety nwht and so from Decem ber to hflarch we ascended them w1tl1 ca1c B11rst1nff opfn tl1e door I 1n1d for the sta1rs hes, there yyas no atroc1o11s smell of Ofllfllls, and tl1e door to the dmmg room yy IS myster1o11sly closed 'XI1y be 1 yeas o11ly 1 ch11 aut poss1bly tl1e t1ble yyould lat decor1ted Xxltll 1 llillllj le rt re farded rules, and leaped up th sta1rs tvyo at 1 t1me I reached tl1e l'lI'ldlU'T 1nd 1 ltll a slngle hound 1nd push, H1111 f yy1de ooen o111 door 1r11ptly hiltlllf on tl1e ehresl ld 1 1nle 1 o 1 111 x11cte1 1 t 1ttle blue lamp hety een 111 be a1 e e 1 s 1oo1r1 Peff s bureau was l1ttered yy1th combs P11197 p1ct11res, and bottles 'Vlafa71n s 11 1 e eu tam ay Ink QI ots sp1ttere1 Ile br1 lht hlotters, the ruff l1ad frayed where the closet doo1 syyunef oyer lt X b11y nlloyy l y on the floor, on tl1e co1t r1ele s1lyer rnuslexat a11d l11rnber1r1en shnes hunf f 1otesquely tofretherr Ll a U1 of mateless arct1cs and rubbers Xnd finally on tl1e counterpane folded yfy1th m 1rleed care 1n that orderless room draped Peff s shawl, shaded orange and cr1mson, d 1rk flowers ymth frolden cente1s Her tyyo sllm sllppers w1th heels pI'lIT1lX toffether stood on tl1e comforte1 I ipI lI1'Y 1nto tl1e room and t11rned tovy ard my b d but I ll3I'LlDfll stopp d Xkflfll th 1tt e f1een yuffs of hot water 9IIINllIlU' If 1er t t 1 r mop tl tee afunst t1e reau, 1nd her back to me, n1y s ffllflllkfl T t ef It 11 e II the 1n11 eechless, he1 Ullgfilllflf ey t she d ed t e q3WI1l9ll sh1yyl mo c osely nound l1er s111 lll fr1111e 1nd clutched It t111tl1 u11der l1e1 Clllll IC s ooe rooted U der the 111 fl1 C4ll1l3, h1l111ced IH the sualse h11r, I1 eye r yy as lll 'lCI' than 1ts mate Ll cheeks yyere flacenl Th d111 1 c 4 I 5 4 I g 1 1 f g 4 .1 V, ' 1 1. . 1. . 1 1 1 , 1 1 U . 1 . J , 11 . 1 . 1 11 .1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 . .1 1 11 .1 . 1 . a 1 1 . . .1 1 1 . Q. 5 . C I 6 5 11 ' 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ' V I ne K- A K 1 e .1 V 1, I I :g 4 1 Q n a ... . , 4 , C Y . n C e sn 1 -11 ' -1 1 11 ' 1 1 ' 1 1' sz ' 1 ' by 1 1 ' 1 e1 1 . . .1 1 1 1 1 ' .1 1 1 ' 1 ' . .1 ' S 3 1 ' .e 1 ' ' 1 'z ' 111' . 1' 11' 1-'t ' 1 1' z 5.1 ce, l f : ' 1 1 1 1 . I' a 1o11 ' L l 1:1 I dis- 51 1 1. e . 1' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1. 11 1 1 ' S 2 'J' 1 1' f 2 1 1 5 , ' . Al 1 ' 5 1 ' 'flll , ll' '11 g fr II the' 1e.'1 ' -l l'ght of he l' 1 1 1 o ' als, my gl11c1 l:Ze1dly' ,wept the ' ' . 5, 1 1 ' 1 5, ' ' 1. 1 . 1. 1 .51 1' e, and newspapers were heaped o11 tl1e chair :1t the foot of my be-d. The shades we1'- 11neve1 and on' 1 '. 1 v1'y'. ' .Q 1 5 : 1 l la '91 1 1' : 1 11' .1 '1' 1 '1 '. 1- :l1'1' ' a1' 1 1 1 1 -11' ' '- 1 'K 1 1 5 VU 3 g' F - v. '. ple 1 1 .11 '11 1 1. 1- 1 1' 1 1 1 '1 1 ' 1 f 1 fe 1 l I . ' 1 l ' , ' 1 ' . 1 '1 N ' 1 I ' e 3 1 ' 1 1 1G . ' Ie l'l15' 'C '. 1: 'sz l1 4.'e'.le' A 'l1l1c:'5 l bu 1 2 1 ' 1 11 g' ' '- 'ace is 111' xl z 1 '1 1 ror. Sp 1 1 ' b '. 1 ' 9 i'l'l'lfIC!l, 1. .ragg 1 h1 11. '1 : ' re l 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1' ' ' . Sl. .I l ' . Il ' 1 'E 1 1 1 ' ' 1 fy. 1' o e' 1l1 o','.' 'II , ' 1 1, H1' ' 1 1 1' . e .'1 ligl t aught 2

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