The Face in the Mask by Estelle Frye

Author:Estelle Frye [Frye, Estelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: eStar Books LLC

Everyone stared at the lighted shop windows. A display of white-collared gray coveralls blazoned, "Everybody's a white collar worker now!" For the women there were pink tunics, window after window of them. "Be a rosy girl," the message flashed electronically. As far as Peel could see, the women were all obeying; their pink tunics fluttered in the evening breeze.

The card shops were still open. In one window a placard asked: "Why take a chance on saying something yourself? Let a card say it for you." Below was a giant blown-up card showing a woman crying. Printed above the anguished face was the legend: "You forgot our anniversary!" At the end of the store section Peel stepped off the sidewalk, wandered off afoot. On a side street an old woman approached him, pulled out a tattered card. Holding it before him, she peered up into his face. Her mask was half peeled off, the skin underneath dirty and wrinkled. "Can you spare a dime?" the dog-eared bit of cardboard read.

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