It was actually a matter of fifteen minutes, that breathless swing toward the floor, the mattress rising after her with scarcely a whisper and her two bare feet landing Patly into the pale-blue room slippers, there beside the bed.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
They came home so Patly again at seven, about as she sat herself down to a bit of sewing or washing-out.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
It was actually a matter of fifteen minutes, that breathless swing toward the floor, the mattress rising after her with scarcely a whisper of its stuffings and her two bare feet landing Patly into the pale blue room-slippers, there beside the bed.
"The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story"
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