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HIS father was due to arrive on an early train Sunday morning, and Norman, having forgotten his alarm clock, had asked Mrs. Case that night if there was one about the house he could borrow. He explained that he had to meet his father at seven. "Rose will be up at six to give the baby his bottle," she told him. "She'll knock on your door at half-past six, and leave you a cup of coffee, if you like. " Norman protested that he couldn't think of putting her to that trouble. But Mrs. Case said it would be no trouble; she made it for herself anyway.
When the knock came, he sleepily answered "Yes. " And not Mrs. Czermak's but her younger sister's voice answered cheerfully: "Here's your coffee, Mr. Overbeck. And would you like to have me call you a taxi?"