The Weather in Washington

Marie had never been interviewed by someone willing to work through the lunch hour. Appointments near 12 o'clock were always risky, because the social security people often took off for lunch long before noon and returned sometime after one. The woman at the front of the waiting room told her she would have to come back another day, because the woman who handled her case was not in. Marie sought help from no one, unless she come to depend on a person too much. But since the encounter with a young man, Wilhelmina had insisted on escorting her around Cleridge Towers. She expected to be out at least by twelve. Her next appointment was two weeks later, eight