Chapter 5 opens,
Ellen lay in her bed, limp with the agony of a headache. It always happened when the supply of coffee ran out.
When coffee prices soar to seventy cents a pound, with predictions that it will only go higher, "Ellen is appalled at the expense," and she has tried to do without it. But, she cannot stand the excruciating headaches that...
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