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It
was
the
only
reasonable
thing
to
do
at
this
late
date
.
And
Gilbert
,
on
hearing
this
,
and
realizing
that
in
this
instance
he
was
checkmated
,
exclaimed
sourly
:
"
Oh
,
all
right
.
Invite
him
if
you
want
to
--
if
that
's
the
way
you
and
Dad
feel
about
it
.
I
do
n't
see
any
real
necessity
for
it
even
now
.
But
you
fix
it
to
suit
yourself
.
Constance
and
I
are
going
over
to
Utica
for
the
afternoon
,
anyhow
,
so
I
could
n't
be
there
even
if
I
wanted
to
.
"
He
was
thinking
of
what
an
outrageous
thing
it
was
that
a
girl
whom
he
disliked
as
much
as
he
did
Sondra
could
thus
via
her
determination
and
plottings
thrust
his
own
cousin
on
him
and
he
be
unable
to
prevent
it
.
And
what
a
beggar
Clyde
must
be
to
attempt
to
attach
himself
in
this
way
when
he
knew
that
he
was
not
wanted
!
What
sort
of
a
youth
was
he
,
anyhow
?
And
so
it
was
that
on
Monday
morning
Clyde
had
received
another
letter
from
the
Griffiths
,
this
time
signed
by
Myra
,
asking
him
to
have
dinner
with
them
at
two
o'clock
Christmas
Day
.
But
,
since
this
at
that
time
did
not
seem
to
interfere
with
his
meeting
Roberta
Christmas
night
at
eight
,
he
merely
gave
himself
over
to
extreme
rejoicing
in
regard
to
it
all
now
,
and
at
last
he
was
nearly
as
well
placed
here
,
socially
,
as
any
one
.
For
although
he
had
no
money
,
see
how
he
was
being
received
--
and
by
the
Griffiths
,
too
--
among
all
the
others
.
And
Sondra
taking
so
great
an
interest
in
him
,
actually
talking
and
acting
as
though
she
might
be
ready
to
fall
in
love
.
And
Gilbert
checkmated
by
his
social
popularity
What
would
you
say
to
that
?
It
testified
,
as
he
saw
it
now
,
that
at
least
his
relatives
had
not
forgotten
him
or
that
,
because
of
his
recent
success
in
other
directions
,
they
were
finding
it
necessary
to
be
civil
to
him
--
a
thought
that
was
the
same
as
the
bays
of
victory
to
a
contestant
.
He
viewed
it
with
as
much
pleasure
almost
as
though
there
had
never
been
any
hiatus
at
all
.
Unfortunately
,
however
,
the
Christmas
dinner
at
the
Griffiths
'
,
which
included
the
Starks
and
their
daughter
Arabella
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wynant
,
who
in
the
absence
of
their
daughter
Constance
with
Gilbert
were
dining
with
the
Griffiths
,
the
Arnolds
,
Anthonys
,
Harriets
,
Taylors
and
others
of
note
in
Lycurgus
,
so
impressed
and
even
overawed
Clyde
that
although
five
o'clock
came
and
then
six
,
he
was
incapable
of
breaking
away
or
thinking
clearly
and
compellingly
of
his
obligation
to
Roberta
.
Even
when
,
slightly
before
six
,
the
greater
portion
of
those
who
had
been
thus
cheerfully
entertained
began
rising
and
making
their
bows
and
departing
(
and
when
he
,
too
,
should
have
been
doing
the
same
and
thinking
of
his
appointment
with
Roberta
)
,
being
accosted
by
Violet
Taylor
,
who
was
part
of
the
younger
group
,
and
who
now
began
talking
of
some
additional
festivities
to
be
held
that
same
evening
at
the
Anthonys
'
,
and
who
added
most
urgently
,
"
You
're
coming
with
us
,
are
n't
you
?
Sure
you
are
,
"
he
at
once
acquiesced
,
although
his
earlier
promise
to
Roberta
forced
the
remembrance
that
she
was
probably
already
back
and
expecting
him
.
But
still
he
had
time
even
now
,
did
n't
he
?
Yet
,
once
at
the
Anthonys
'
,
and
talking
and
dancing
with
various
girls
,
the
obligation
faded
.
But
at
nine
he
began
worrying
a
little
.
For
by
this
time
she
must
be
in
her
room
and
wondering
what
had
become
of
him
and
his
promise
.
And
on
Christmas
night
,
too
.
And
after
she
had
been
away
three
days
.
Inwardly
he
grew
more
and
more
restless
and
troubled
,
the
while
outwardly
he
maintained
that
same
high
spirit
that
characterized
him
throughout
the
afternoon
.
Fortunately
for
his
own
mood
,
this
same
group
,
having
danced
and
frolicked
every
night
for
the
past
week
until
almost
nervously
exhausted
,
it
now
unanimously
and
unconsciously
yielded
to
weariness
and
at
eleven
thirty
,
broke
up
.
And
after
having
escorted
Bella
Griffiths
to
her
door
,
Clyde
hurried
around
to
Elm
Street
to
see
if
by
any
chance
Roberta
was
still
awake
.
As
he
neared
the
Gilpins
'
he
perceived
through
the
snow-covered
bushes
and
trees
the
glow
of
her
single
lamp
.
And
for
the
time
being
,
troubled
as
to
what
he
should
say
--
how
excuse
himself
for
this
inexplicable
lapse
--
he
paused
near
one
of
the
large
trees
that
bordered
the
street
,
debating
with
himself
as
to
just
what
he
would
say
.
Would
he
insist
that
he
had
again
been
to
the
Griffiths
'
,
or
where
?
For
according
to
his
previous
story
he
had
only
been
there
the
Friday
before
.
In
the
months
before
when
he
had
no
social
contacts
,
but
was
merely
romanticizing
in
regard
to
them
,
the
untruths
he
found
himself
telling
her
caused
him
no
twinges
of
any
kind
.
They
were
not
real
and
took
up
no
actual
portion
of
his
time
,
nor
did
they
interfere
with
any
of
his
desired
contacts
with
her
.
But
now
in
the
face
of
the
actuality
and
the
fact
that
these
new
contacts
meant
everything
to
his
future
,
as
he
saw
it
,
he
hesitated
.
His
quick
conclusion
was
to
explain
his
absence
this
evening
by
a
second
invitation
which
had
come
later
,
also
by
asseverating
that
the
Griffiths
being
potentially
in
charge
of
his
material
welfare
,
it
was
becoming
more
and
more
of
a
duty
rather
than
an
idle
,
evasive
pleasure
to
desert
her
in
this
way
at
their
command
.
Could
he
help
it
?
And
with
this
half-truth
permanently
fixed
in
his
mind
,
he
crossed
the
snow
and
gently
tapped
at
her
window
.
At
once
the
light
was
extinguished
and
a
moment
later
the
curtain
lifted
.
Then
Roberta
,
who
had
been
mournfully
brooding
,
opened
the
door
and
admitted
him
,
having
previously
lit
a
candle
as
was
her
custom
in
order
to
avoid
detection
as
much
as
possible
,
and
at
once
he
began
in
a
whisper
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