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`` By this time next week I bet she smiles the wrong side of her mouth if she puts on any airs with Dora Stein . '' `` Hum-m , yeh . Unless what you think 's so , and she 's on the right side o ' Father . '' It was true , as the girls had warned the new hand , when six o'clock -- closing time -- came , you `` could n't chase the dames out . '' The salespeople began to put things away , and some even ventured to remind customers that the shop shut at six ; but ladies who believed themselves possessed of the kindest hearts on earth pleaded that they must have _ one _ more thing , only _ just _ one , to complete their list for that day . Those who were too cross and tired to think about hearts or anything else except their own nerves , made no excuses at all , but demanded what they wanted or threatened a report to the floorwalker if a saleswoman were `` disagreeable . '' `` Look at them ! ''