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I had better start. We are very busy in Stepney just now."
"Please don't hurry," Brooks said. "We must try and manage something
for Lady Sybil."
Mary looked up doubtfully.
"Unless you ask Lady Sybil to look on," she said, "I don't quite see how
it is possible for her to come."
"Lady Sybil knows the conditions," Brooks answered. "She wants to have
a try as a helper."
Mary raised her eyebrows slightly.
"The chief work in the morning is washing children," she remarked.
"They come to us in a perfectly filthy condition, and we wash about
twenty each, altogether."
Sybil laughed.
"Well, I'm not at all afraid of that," she declared. "I could do my
share. I rather like kiddies."
"The other departments," Mary went on, "all need some instruction.
Would you think it worth while for one day? If so, I should be pleased
to do what I can for you."
Sybil hesitated. She glanced towards Brooks.
"I don't want to give a lot of unnecessary trouble, of course," she
said. "Especially if you are busy. But it might be for more than one
day. You have a staff of supernumerary helpers, haven't you, whom you
send for when you are busy? I thought that I might be one of those.
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