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car.
We stopped at his stop while I was having
something to eat, so he was gone by the time I
returned. I spent the next three and a half hours alone,
staring out the window. When I heard the
announcement for Atlanta, my heart began to pound
again. The first leg of my long and sad journey was
over. I was far away from Farthy and by now,
Momma was surely frantic and angry. I wondered
how she would handle it. Would she call the police or
would she be afraid of a scandal? Would she try to
contact Tony in Europe?
One thing was sure, I thought. She didn't let
what happened interfere with her charity affair at
Farthy. No one who attended would be able to tell
anything was wrong by looking at her face and she
would instruct the servants, Miles and Curtis
especially, not to mention one word about it to
anyone.
I could just hear her.
"She will be back once she's over her tantrum."
"No, I won't, Momma," I pledged. "No, I won't." I stood on the platform for a few moments
reading all the signs that instructed passengers where
to go for different destinations. The Atlanta terminal
was bigger than the one in Boston and there seemed to
be twice, maybe three times the number of people
rushing about. I found an information booth in the
large lobby and showed my ticket to the girl behind
the desk.
"You have to go down the corridor on the left
