The first day's results were quite good. A total of twenty-five pieces were made. Phoebe Huxley made six, Juliana Rhodes made nine, and Fiona Rhodes and Sylvia Swann each made five. Among the four, Juliana Rhodes was the most inconspicuous and didn't talk much, but her hands were the fastest. She finished her work quietly and efficiently.
Adrian Hawthorne settled their wages that same day—sixty cents a piece. With the crisp cash in their hands, all four women were beaming. Still, they couldn't help but feel a bit sour. Well, three of them did. Juliana Rhodes was the exception.
Phoebe Huxley and the other two were green with envy. They spent ages examining the clothes Juliana Rhodes made, trying to find fault, but they had to admit her work was fast and high-quality—no worse than their own.
