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Chapter 17

           Andthen,nottobeoutofit,theothersatoncechosepartners,HegglunddancingwithMaida,RattererwithLucilleandHigbywithTinaKogel.ThisleftLauraSipeforClyde,whodidnotlikeherverymuch.Shewasnotasperfectasshemightbeaplump,pudgy-facedgirlwithinadequatesensualblueeyesandClyde,lackinganyexceptionalskill,theydancednothingbuttheconventionalone-stepwhiletheothersweredippingandlurchingandspinning.

           Inakindofsickfury,ClydenoticedthatSparser,whowasstillwithHortense,wasbynowholdinghercloseandlookingstraightintohereyes.Andshewaspermittinghim.Itgavehimafeelingofleadatthepitofhisstomach.Wasitpossibleshewasbeginningtolikethisyoungupstartwhohadthiscar?Andshehadpromisedtolikehimforthepresent.Itbroughttohimasenseofherficklenesstheprobabilityofherrealindifferencetohim.HewantedtodosomethingstopdancingandgetherawayfromSparser,buttherewasnouseuntilthisparticularrecordranout.

           Andthen,justattheendofthis,thewaiterreturnedwithatrayandputdowncocktails,gingeraleandsandwichesuponthreesmalltableswhichhadbeenjoinedtogether.AllbutSparserandHortensequitandcametowarditafactwhichClydewasquicktonote.Shewasaheartlessflirt!Shereallydidnotcareforhimafterall.Andaftermakinghimthinkthatshedid,sorecentlyandgettinghimtohelpherwiththatcoat.Shecouldgotothedevilnow.Hewouldshowher.

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