“And that comes to?”
“It comes to $2.79, Miss,” said the clerk. “I mean, youcould have bought it, just about.”
When Roberta Shagland handed him the three dollars, her hands were trembling. The hiccups came while she was waiting for her change. Unable to bear it, she left the Mart.
“What’s the matter with her?” the clerk said. “She wasn’t even in the book!”
A man buying greeting cards said, “Maybe that’s what’s the matter with her.”
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