"Then what is to hinder?" eagerly. "Uncle Leon will stay there this
winter, anyhow; and they can find you a small flat, where you could keep
house in a cosey way. Then there are things you can do at home, I am
sure; things for the Woman's Exchange, say, that'll help you out."
Sara's eyes brightened. It was her dream to go out into that wider life
she had read of, and this seemed her opportunity.
"What would I have to pay for such rooms?" she asked.
"Oh, that would depend on locality, the conveniences, and so on;
probably from eighteen to thirty dollars, although I am more familiar
with Western than Eastern rentals, but I presume that's somewhere near
it."
Sara, supposing him to mean this as the yearly rental, thought it
moderate enough, and went on,--
"If it were not for baby, I could teach perhaps, or go out to sew; but
I'll have to wait till he's older for that."
"Would you take the baby?" he asked surprisedly.
"How could I leave him?" she returned.
"I thought perhaps--didn't your stepmother have any relatives?"
"A few; but they are not people with whom he would be happy," she said
simply.
He looked at her with a puzzled face, made a move to speak, then
stopped, ashamed to utter what was in his mind; ashamed to tell her that
such devotion to a half-brother would hardly be expected of her, and
that, freed from him, she might make a far easier start in life.
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