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Chapter 30

           Itwastheonlyreasonablethingtodoatthislatedate.AndGilbert,onhearingthis,andrealizingthatinthisinstancehewascheckmated,exclaimedsourly:"Oh,allright.Invitehimifyouwantto—ifthat’sthewayyouandDadfeelaboutit.Idon’tseeanyrealnecessityforitevennow.Butyoufixittosuityourself.ConstanceandIaregoingovertoUticafortheafternoon,anyhow,soIcouldn’tbethereevenifIwantedto."

           HewasthinkingofwhatanoutrageousthingitwasthatagirlwhomhedislikedasmuchashedidSondracouldthusviaherdeterminationandplottingsthrusthisowncousinonhimandhebeunabletopreventit.AndwhatabeggarClydemustbetoattempttoattachhimselfinthiswaywhenheknewthathewasnotwanted!Whatsortofayouthwashe,anyhow?

           AndsoitwasthatonMondaymorningClydehadreceivedanotherletterfromtheGriffiths,thistimesignedbyMyra,askinghimtohavedinnerwiththemattwoo’clockChristmasDay.But,sincethisatthattimedidnotseemtointerferewithhismeetingRobertaChristmasnightateight,hemerelygavehimselfovertoextremerejoicinginregardtoitallnow,andatlasthewasnearlyaswellplacedhere,socially,asanyone.Foralthoughhehadnomoney,seehowhewasbeingreceived—andbytheGriffiths,too—amongalltheothers.AndSondratakingsogreataninterestinhim,actuallytalkingandactingasthoughshemightbereadytofallinlove.AndGilbertcheckmatedbyhissocialpopularity

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