Chapter 19

           ThereturnofRobertaandClyde,aswellastheiroutingtogether,wasquiteunobserved,astheythought.OnthecarfromFondatheyrecognizednoone.AndattheNewtons’Gracewasalreadyinbed.Shemerelyawakenedsufficientlytoaskafewquestionsaboutthetripandthosewerecasualandindifferent.HowwasRoberta’ssister?HadshestayedalldayinHomerorhadshegonetoBiltzorTrippettsMills?(Robertaexplainedthatshehadremainedathersister’s.)SheherselfmustbegoingupprettysoontoseeherparentsatTrippettsMills.Thenshefellasleep.

           ButatdinnerthenextnighttheMissesOpalFelissandOlivePope,whohadbeenkeptfromthebreakfasttablebyatoolatereturnfromFondaandtheveryregioninwhichRobertahadspentSaturdayafternoon,nowseatedthemselvesandatonce,asRobertaentered,interjectedafewgenialandwell-meantbut,insofarasRobertawasconcerned,decidedlytroublingobservations.

           "Oh,thereyouare!Lookwho’sbackfromStarlightPark.Howjalikethedancingoverthere,MissAlden?Wesawyou,butyoudidn’tseeus."AndbeforeRobertahadtimetothinkwhattoreply,MissFelisshadadded:"Wetriedtogetyoureye,butyoucouldn’tseeanyonebuthim,Iguess.I’llsayyoudanceswell."

           AtonceRoberta,whohadneverbeenonveryintimatetermswitheitherofthesegirlsandwhohadneithertheeffronterynorthewittoextricateherselffromsoswiftandcompleteandsounexpectedanexposure,flushed.

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