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Chapter 24

           ToitweretobeinvitedSondraandherbrother,Stuart,TracyandGertrudeTrumbull,ArabellaStark,Bertineandherbrother,andsomeothersfromUticaandGloversvilleaswell.AndClyde.ButinordertosafeguardClydeagainstanychanceoffailureoreveninvidiouscommentofanykind,notonlyshebutBertineandJillandGertrudeweretobeattentivetoandconsiderateofhim.Theyweretoseethathisdanceprogramwascompleteandthatneitheratdinnernoronthedancefloorwashetobelefttohimself,butwastobepassedonmostartfullyfromonetotheotheruntileveningshouldbeover.For,byreasonofthat,othersmightcometobeinterestedinhim,whichwouldnotonlytakethethornfromthethoughtthatSondraalone,ofallthebetterpeopleofLycurgus,hadbeenfriendlytohim,butwouldsharpenthepointofthisdevelopmentforGilbert,ifnotforBellaandtheothermembersoftheGriffithsfamily.

           Andinaccordancewiththisplan,soitwasdone.

           AndsoitwasthatClyde,returningfromthefactoryoneearlyDecembereveningabouttwoweeksafterhisencounterwithSondra,wassurprisedbythesightofacream-colorednoteleaningagainstthemirrorofhisdresser.Itwasaddressedinalarge,scrawlyandunfamiliarhand.Hepickeditupandturneditoverwithoutbeingableinanywaytofixuponthesource.OnthebackweretheinitialsB.T.orJ.T.,hecouldnotdecidewhich,soelaboratelyintertwinedwastheengravedpenmanship.

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