Mrs. Henry Miller had lived alone for several years. Her husband was dead. But he had left her a comfortable amount of money.He also had left her a nice apartment in New York City near the East River.There were three other apartments in the large brown building where Mrs. Miller lived with her bird, a yellow canary name Tommie.Mrs. Miller was 61 years old. She had no friends and no special interests.One evening in January, Mrs. Miller saw an advertisement for a movie. It looked so interesting that Mrs. Miller decided to go to see it.There was a long line of people waiting to buy tickets for the movie. Mrs. Miller stood at the end of the line.Looking around her, Mrs. Miller noticed a little girl standing near the line.The child's hair was absolutely white, silver white in fact. The child was thin and delicate.She wore a blue silk dress under her red velvet coat. Mrs. Miller felt strangely excited.
