for the
gentleman
came back,
and said,
bowing
“What can
I do for
you,
madame?”
She could
scarcely
speak, but
at last
she
managed to
say “I
have come
– for
this.” The
manager
looked at
the object
which she
held out
to him in
mute
astonishment.
With
trembling
fingers
she tried
to undo
the
elastic,
and
succeeding,
after
several
attempts,
she
hastily
opened the
damaged
remains of
the
umbrella.
“It looks
to me to
be in a
very bad
