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how she inveigled Anderson? But that‘s Audrey! If there is any desirable man about, trust her to attach him. She ought to be ostracized.”
“Why?” asked Helga curiously, noting at the same time that three of the men in their own party had deserted and were now congregated about the offending Miss Denney.
“Because she goes about with white people,” came Anne‘s indignant answer, “and they know she‘s colored.”
“I‘m afraid I don‘t quite see, Anne. Would it be all right if they didn‘t know she was colored?“
”Now, don‘t be nasty, Helga. You know very well what I mean.” Anne‘s voice was shaking. Helga didn‘t see, and she was greatly interested, but she decided to let it go. She didn‘t want to quarrel with Anne, not now, when she had that guilty feeling about leaving her. But Anne was off on her favorite subject, race. And it seemed, too, that Audrey Denney was to her particularly obnoxious.
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