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Chapter 11

           "ThisisMissTodd,"beganWhiggain."She’sbeeninchargeforabouttendaysnowintheabsenceofMrs.Angier.AndwhatIwantyoutodonow,MissTodd,istoexplaintoMr.Griffithsherejustasquicklyandclearlyasyoucanwhatitisyoudohere.Andthenlaterinthedaywhenhecomesuphere,Iwantyoutohelphimtokeeptrackofthingsuntilheseesjustwhatiswantedandcandoithimself.You’lldothat,won’tyou?"

           "Why,certainly,Mr.Whiggam.I’llbeonlytoogladto,"compliedMissTodd,andatonceshebegantotakedownthebooksofrecordsandtoshowClydehowtheentryanddischargerecordswerekeptalsolaterhowthestampingwasdonehowthebasketgirlstookthedescendingbundlesfromthechutesanddistributedthemevenlyaccordingtotheneedsofthestamperandhowlater,asfastastheywerestamped,otherbasketgirlscarriedthemtothestitchersoutside.AndClyde,verymuchinterested,feltthathecoulddoit,onlyamongsomanywomenonafloorlikethishefeltverystrange.Thereweresovery,verymanywomenhundredsofthemstretchingfarandawaybetweenwhitewallsandwhitecolumnstotheeasternendofthebuilding.Andtallwindowsthatreachedfromfloortoceilingletinaveritablefloodoflight.Thesegirlswerenotallpretty.HesawthemoutofthetailofhiseyeasfirstMissToddandlaterWhiggam,andevenLiggett,volunteeredtoimpresspointsonhim.

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