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But
now
,
so
thrilled
was
he
at
the
possibility
of
a
reencounter
with
Sondra
,
he
decided
that
he
would
cancel
this
last
evening
engagement
with
Roberta
,
although
not
without
some
misgivings
as
to
the
difficulty
as
well
as
the
decency
of
it
.
For
despite
the
fact
that
he
was
now
so
lured
by
Sondra
,
nevertheless
he
was
still
deeply
interested
in
Roberta
and
he
did
not
like
to
grieve
her
in
this
way
.
She
would
look
so
disappointed
,
as
he
knew
.
Yet
at
the
same
time
so
flattered
and
enthused
was
he
by
this
sudden
,
if
tardy
,
social
development
that
he
could
not
now
think
of
refusing
Jill
.
What
?
Neglect
to
visit
the
Steeles
in
Gloversville
and
in
company
with
the
Trumbulls
and
without
any
help
from
the
Griffiths
,
either
?
It
might
be
disloyal
,
cruel
,
treacherous
to
Roberta
,
but
was
he
not
likely
to
meet
Sondra
?
In
consequence
he
announced
that
he
would
go
,
but
immediately
afterwards
decided
that
he
must
go
round
and
explain
to
Roberta
,
make
some
suitable
excuse
--
that
the
Griffiths
,
for
instance
,
had
invited
him
for
dinner
.
That
would
be
sufficiently
overawing
and
compelling
to
her
.
But
upon
arriving
,
and
finding
her
out
,
he
decided
to
explain
the
following
morning
at
the
factory
--
by
note
,
if
necessary
.
To
make
up
for
it
he
decided
he
might
promise
to
accompany
her
as
far
as
Fonda
on
Saturday
and
give
her
her
present
then
.
But
on
Friday
morning
at
the
factory
,
instead
of
explaining
to
her
with
the
seriousness
and
even
emotional
dissatisfaction
which
would
have
governed
him
before
,
he
now
whispered
:
"
I
have
to
break
that
engagement
to-night
,
honey
.
Been
invited
to
my
uncle
's
,
and
I
have
to
go
.
And
I
'm
not
sure
that
I
can
get
around
afterwards
.
I
'll
try
if
I
get
through
in
time
.
But
I
'll
see
you
on
the
Fonda
car
to-morrow
if
I
do
n't
.
I
've
got
something
I
want
to
give
you
,
so
do
n't
feel
too
bad
.
Just
got
word
this
morning
or
I
'd
have
let
you
know
.
You
're
not
going
to
feel
bad
,
are
you
?
"
He
looked
at
her
as
gloomily
as
possible
in
order
to
express
his
own
sorrow
over
this
.
But
Roberta
,
her
presents
and
her
happy
last
evening
with
him
put
aside
in
this
casual
way
,
and
for
the
first
time
,
too
,
in
this
fashion
,
shook
her
head
negatively
,
as
if
to
say
"
Oh
,
no
,
"
but
her
spirits
were
heavily
depressed
and
she
fell
to
wondering
what
this
sudden
desertion
of
her
at
this
time
might
portend
.
For
,
up
to
this
time
,
Clyde
had
been
attentiveness
itself
,
concealing
his
recent
contact
with
Sondra
behind
a
veil
of
pretended
,
unmodified
affection
which
had
,
as
yet
,
been
sufficient
to
deceive
her
.
It
might
be
true
,
as
he
said
,
that
an
unescapable
invitation
had
come
up
which
necessitated
all
this
.
But
,
oh
,
the
happy
evening
she
had
planned
!
And
now
they
would
not
be
together
again
for
three
whole
days
.
She
grieved
dubiously
at
the
factory
and
in
her
room
afterwards
,
thinking
that
Clyde
might
at
least
have
suggested
coming
around
to
her
room
late
,
after
his
uncle
's
dinner
in
order
that
she
might
give
him
the
presents
.
But
his
eventual
excuse
made
this
day
was
that
the
dinner
was
likely
to
last
too
late
.
He
could
not
be
sure
.
They
had
talked
of
going
somewhere
else
afterwards
.
But
meanwhile
Clyde
,
having
gone
to
the
Trumbulls
'
,
and
later
to
the
Steeles
'
,
was
flattered
and
reassured
by
a
series
of
developments
such
as
a
month
before
he
would
not
have
dreamed
of
anticipating
.
For
at
the
Steeles
'
he
was
promptly
introduced
to
a
score
of
personalities
there
who
,
finding
him
chaperoned
by
the
Trumbulls
and
learning
that
he
was
a
Griffiths
,
as
promptly
invited
him
to
affairs
of
their
own
--
or
hinted
at
events
that
were
to
come
to
which
he
might
be
invited
,
so
that
at
the
close
he
found
himself
with
cordial
invitations
to
attend
a
New
Year
's
dance
at
the
Vandams
'
in
Gloversville
,
as
well
as
a
dinner
and
dance
that
was
to
be
given
Christmas
Eve
by
the
Harriets
in
Lycurgus
,
an
affair
to
which
Gilbert
and
his
sister
Bella
,
as
well
as
Sondra
,
Bertine
and
others
were
invited
.
And
lastly
,
there
was
Sondra
herself
appearing
on
the
scene
at
about
midnight
in
company
with
Scott
Nicholson
,
Freddie
Sells
and
Bertine
,
at
first
pretending
to
be
wholly
unaware
of
his
presence
,
yet
deigning
at
last
to
greet
him
with
an
,
"
Oh
,
hello
,
I
did
n't
expect
to
find
you
here
.
"
She
was
draped
most
alluringly
in
a
deep
red
Spanish
shawl
.
But
Clyde
could
sense
from
the
first
that
she
was
quite
aware
of
his
presence
,
and
at
the
first
available
opportunity
he
drew
near
to
her
and
asked
yearningly
,
"
Are
n't
you
going
to
dance
with
me
at
all
?
"
"
Why
,
of
course
,
if
you
want
me
to
.
I
thought
maybe
you
had
forgotten
me
by
now
,
"
she
said
mockingly
.
"
As
though
I
'd
be
likely
to
forget
you
.
The
only
reason
I
'm
here
to-night
is
because
I
thought
I
might
see
you
again
.
I
have
n't
thought
of
any
one
or
anything
else
since
I
saw
you
last
.
