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The next day Linda actually worked at her job. Mrs. Bates had many friends on the island, and Linda was instructed to send them all notes to tell them her employer was back in residence. When those were dispatched, Mrs. Bates began to plan a series of small dinners and parties. Linda helped Gertrude arrange the menus and then drove the maid into the town to pick up the mail and do some shopping. |
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In the mail was a large separate package for Peter, who grunted irritably when he saw it and disappeared into his room, presumably to attend to the business that had followed him on vacation. It was the first intimation Linda had that Peter was not merely a glorified errand boy. Business does not follow unimportant employees. She |
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