Caged Page #3

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I could get real news to your husband.

He's dead.

What about your people?

What do they do?

My stepfather's a mechanic,

but he's not working.

Well, I bet they saved up for a rainy day,

like me investing in real estate

for my old age.

Why, you think how much easier

I could make it for you,

you being in a delicate condition,

so to speak.

The little comforts.

Maybe you got a habit

that's hard to break,

cigarettes or something.

I know how it is.

I could get you whatever you wanted.

Time's money to me.

I can't favor every one of 60 girls.

Mom would be glad to help if she could.

No dough, eh?

Follow me.

Home, sweet home.

Just like the big cage in the zoo,

only you clean it up instead of the keeper.

Bucket and brush is in the corner closet.

Mrs. Benton said

I was going to work in the laundry.

I'm the boss here. Start scrubbing.

But Mrs. Benton told me...

Where do I begin, Miss Harper?

Now you're getting hip.

Use this lye. Soap's low.

Okay, get going.

Didn't you ever scrub a floor before?

Put your shoulder in it.

You're doing okay.

Keep that up, and you and me

are gonna get along just fine.

Pipe the new fish.

Millie, the old dame in the bed

says you loud-talked to Harper.

That took guts.

How much time are you pulling?

One to 15 years,

but I come up for parole in 10 months.

Just a hot minute. What's your rap?

Robbery.

Society. Larcenists don't talk to CPs.

CPs?

- Are you kidding?

- CP, common prostitute.

Where you been living, the moon?

Her name's Smoochie.

Glad to meet you.

Got news for you. She's all right.

I'm Kitty Stark, and that's Claire.

What's your name?

Marie Allen.

Stop scrubbing. Chew the fat.

Hey, Lottie, check her.

Maybe you need bifocals.

The dish is poison, Harper's pet nose.

- I'll tell Evelyn!

- Evelyn! Don't kid me.

Harper's first name is Filth.

Kitty! Kitty! Oh, Kitty.

What's the beef?

The matron said if I broke another dish,

she'd report me.

She refuses to believe

I've never worked in a kitchen.

Yeah, I know, but ain't I told you

not to go shooting your mouth off

about yourself,

all about the servants you had

and your governesses

and the yachts your old man bought?

Oh, why won't anyone understand?

It's always been like that.

Even as a child, I had no one to go to

when I was in trouble.

My parents were always away.

Even after I was married, I...

You're new here, aren't you?

I'm Georgia Harrison.

I'm not supposed to be here.

I didn't forge those checks.

It was all a mistake,

but wait until my appeal comes through.

Then I'll get out of here.

My father's waiting for me,

and he knows I'm not guilty.

We have a rose garden out in back,

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