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"
And
if
by
any
chance
there
's
any
change
or
I
have
to
break
the
engagement
,
do
n't
think
anything
of
it
.
I
'll
see
you
later
--
somewhere
,
sure
"
She
smiled
and
Clyde
felt
as
though
he
were
choking
.
The
mere
thought
of
her
being
so
frank
with
him
,
and
saying
that
she
cared
for
him
a
lot
,
at
times
,
was
sufficient
to
cause
him
to
almost
reel
with
joy
.
To
think
that
this
beautiful
girl
was
so
anxious
to
include
him
in
her
life
if
she
could
--
this
wonderful
girl
who
was
surrounded
by
so
many
friends
and
admirers
from
which
she
could
take
her
pick
.
Six-thirty
the
following
morning
.
And
Clyde
,
after
but
a
single
hour
's
rest
after
his
return
from
Gloversville
,
rising
,
his
mind
full
of
mixed
and
troubled
thoughts
as
to
how
to
readjust
his
affairs
in
connection
with
Roberta
.
She
was
going
to
Biltz
to-day
.
He
had
promised
to
go
as
far
as
Fonda
.
But
now
he
did
not
want
to
go
.
Of
course
he
would
have
to
concoct
some
excuse
.
But
what
?
Fortunately
the
day
before
he
had
heard
Whiggam
tell
Liggett
there
was
to
be
a
meeting
of
department
heads
after
closing
hours
in
Smillie
's
office
to-day
,
and
that
he
was
to
be
there
.
Nothing
was
said
to
Clyde
,
since
his
department
was
included
in
Liggett
's
,
but
now
he
decided
that
he
could
offer
this
as
a
reason
and
accordingly
,
about
an
hour
before
noon
,
he
dropped
a
note
on
her
desk
which
read
:
"
HONEY
:
Awfully
sorry
,
but
just
told
that
I
have
to
be
at
a
meeting
of
department
heads
downstairs
at
three
.
That
means
I
ca
n't
go
to
Fonda
with
you
,
but
will
drop
around
to
the
room
for
a
few
minutes
right
after
closing
.
Have
something
I
want
to
give
you
,
so
be
sure
and
wait
.
But
do
n't
feel
too
bad
.
It
ca
n't
be
helped
.
See
you
sure
when
you
come
back
Wednesday
.
"
CLYDE
.
"
At
first
,
since
she
could
not
read
it
at
once
,
Roberta
was
pleased
because
she
imagined
it
contained
some
further
favorable
word
about
the
afternoon
.
But
on
opening
it
in
the
ladies
'
rest
room
a
few
minutes
afterwards
,
her
face
fell
.
Coupled
as
this
was
with
the
disappointment
of
the
preceding
evening
,
when
Clyde
had
failed
to
appear
,
together
with
his
manner
of
the
morning
which
to
her
had
seemed
self-absorbed
,
if
not
exactly
distant
,
she
began
to
wonder
what
it
was
that
was
bringing
about
this
sudden
change
.
Perhaps
he
could
not
avoid
attending
a
meeting
any
more
than
he
could
avoid
going
to
his
uncle
's
when
he
was
asked
.
But
the
day
before
,
following
his
word
to
her
that
he
could
not
be
with
her
that
evening
,
his
manner
was
gayer
,
less
sober
,
than
his
supposed
affection
in
the
face
of
her
departure
would
warrant
.
After
all
he
had
known
before
that
she
was
to
be
gone
for
three
days
.
He
also
knew
that
nothing
weighed
on
her
more
than
being
absent
from
him
any
length
of
time
.
At
once
her
mood
from
one
of
hopefulness
changed
to
one
of
deep
depression
--
the
blues
.
Life
was
always
doing
things
like
this
to
her
.
Here
it
was
--
two
days
before
Christmas
,
and
now
she
would
have
to
go
to
Biltz
,
where
there
was
nothing
much
but
such
cheer
as
she
could
bring
,
and
all
by
herself
,
and
after
scarcely
a
moment
with
him
.
She
returned
to
her
bench
,
her
face
showing
all
the
unhappiness
that
had
suddenly
overtaken
her
.
Her
manner
was
listless
and
her
movements
indifferent
--
a
change
which
Clyde
noticed
;
but
still
,
because
of
his
sudden
and
desperate
feeling
for
Sondra
,
he
could
not
now
bring
himself
to
repent
.
At
one
,
the
giant
whistles
of
some
of
the
neighboring
factories
sounding
the
Saturday
closing
hours
,
both
he
and
Roberta
betook
themselves
separately
to
her
room
.
