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Chapter 45

           AtanyratehemusttellhersomethingthatwouldquietheruntilaftertheFourth—makeherstayupthereuntilatleasthecouldperfectsomeplan—bringhimselftotheplacewherehecoulddoonethingortheother.Onethingortheother.

           Withoutpausingtoplananythingmorethanjustthisatthistime,hehurriedtothenearesttelephonewherehewasleastlikelytobeoverheard.And,gettingheroncemore,beganoneofthoselongandevasiveand,inthisinstance,ingratiatingexplanationswhicheventually,afterhehadinsistedthathehadactuallybeensick—confinedtohisroomwithafeverandhencenotabletogettoatelephone—andbecause,ashenowsaid,hehadfinallydecidedthatitwouldbebestifheweretomakesomeexplanationtohisuncle,sothathemightreturnsometimeinthefuture,ifnecessary—he,byusingthemostpleading,ifnotactuallyaffectionate,tonesandaskinghertoconsiderwhatastatehehadbeenin,too,wasablenotonlytomakeherbelievethattherewassomeexcuseforhisdelayandsilence,butalsotointroducetheplanthathenowhadinmind;whichwasifonlyshecouldwaituntilthesixth,thenassuredly,withoutfailastoanyparticular,hewouldmeetheratanyplaceshewouldchoosetocome—Homer,Fonda,Lycurgus,LittleFalls—onlysincetheyweretryingtokeepeverythingsosecret,hewouldsuggestthatshecometoFondaonthemorningofthesixthinordertomakethenoontrainforUtica.

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