{"id":264297,"date":"2026-07-15T02:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/it-girl-allison-pataki\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:01:53","slug":"it-girl-allison-pataki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/it-girl-allison-pataki\/","title":{"rendered":"It Girl – Allison Pataki"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stanny is smiling, and now Mamma is, too. And then she does something unusual; she asks me how I feel. The honest truth is I could turn green with envy; I wish to see Kit every bit as badly as Mamma does. But I do realize that what they\u2019ve both said is true: the company is expecting me to perform, and we\u2019ve been warned that Thanksgiving is one of the busiest times of the year for Broadway.<\/p>\n

So I answer, \u201cI will be fine.\u201d And it\u2019s true enough\u2014I\u2019m here in a hotel, not that ramshackle boardinghouse. I\u2019ll have food to eat and work to keep me busy. If I get lonely I can ask Penny to spend the night with me, and I have no doubt she\u2019d be thrilled to do so.<\/p>\n

Besides, a reprieve of a few days from Mamma\u2019s presence wouldn\u2019t be so terrible. Mamma appears almost ready to accept Stanny\u2019s outrageously generous offer, but he helps to seal her decision: \u201cYou deserve this, my dear Mrs. Talbot. I want you to worry about nothing. It\u2019s all in my hands.\u201d Mamma looks as though she could weep as she says, \u201cI swear, you are sent to us from heaven.\u201d With one quick, appreciative nod, her consent is given. Stanny smiles at Mamma before throwing me a wink, answering: \u201cEvelyn knows I think heaven is a bit boring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 As November turns dark and gray, and the week of Mamma\u2019s trip approaches, she sees to her packing and grows increasingly nervous about the idea of leaving me. \u201cPerhaps I ought to stay,\u201d she says on the eve of her departure. But I know how much she longs for this, and Kit does, as well.<\/p>\n

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