The Mayor's Wife

I am not without self-control yet when Miss Davies entered the room with that air of importance she invariably assumes when she has an unusually fine position to offer I could not hide all traces of my anxiety. I needed a position needed it badly while the others- But her eyes are on our faces she is scanning us all with that close and calculating gaze which lets nothing escape. She has passed me by-my heart goes down down-when suddenly her look returns and she singles me out.