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Chapter 35

           ForhenowrecalledthathehadanappointmentwithSondraattheCranstons’,whereatnineheandshe,alongwithanumberofothers,weretomeetandplayaboutasusualaparty.YetonceattheCranstons’,anddespitethekeenallurementofSondra,hecouldnotkeephismindoffRoberta’sstate,whichrosebeforehimasaspecter.SupposingnowanyoneofthosewhomhefoundgatheredhereNadineHarriet,PerleyHaynes,VioletTaylor,JillTrumbull,Bella,Bertine,andSondra,shouldgaintheleastinklingofthescenehehadjustwitnessed?InspiteofSondraatthepianothrowinghimawelcomingsmileoverhershoulderasheentered,histhoughtswereonRoberta.Hemustgoaroundthereagainafterthiswasover,toseehowshewasandsorelievehisownmindincaseshewerebetter.Incaseshewasnot,hemustwritetoRattereratonceforadvice.

           InspiteofhisdistresshewastryingtoappearasgayandunconcernedaseverdancingfirstwithPerleyHaynesandthenwithNadineandfinally,whilewaitingforachancetodancewithSondra,heapproachedagroupwhoweretryingtohelpVandaSteelesolveanewscenerypuzzleandassertedthathecouldreadmessageswrittenonpaperandsealedinenvelopes(theoldseriallettertrickwhichhehadfoundexplainedinanancientbookofparlortricksdiscoveredonashelfatthePeytons’).Ithadbeenhisplantouseitbeforeinordertogivehimselfanairofeaseandcleverness,butto-nighthewasusingittotakehismindoffthegreaterproblemthatwasweighingonhim.

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