Chapter 30

           ButRoberta’sreturntoLycurgusandherroomattheGilpins’ChristmasnightbroughtnosignofClydenoranywordofexplanation.ForinconnectionwiththeGriffithsinthemeantimetherehadbeenadevelopmentrelatingtoallthiswhich,couldsheorClydehaveknown,wouldhaveinterestedbothnotalittle.ForsubsequenttotheSteeledancethatsameitemreadbyRobertafellundertheeyesofGilbert.HewasseatedatthebreakfasttabletheSundaymorningafterthepartyandwasabouttosipfromacupofcoffeewhenheencounteredit.Ontheinstanthisteethsnappedaboutasamanmightsnaphiswatchlid,andinsteadofdrinkingheputhiscupdownandexaminedtheitemwithmorecare.Otherthanhismothertherewasnooneatthetableorintheroomwithhim,butknowingthatshe,morethananyoftheothers,sharedhisviewsinregardtoClyde,henowpassedthepaperovertoher.

           "Lookatwho’sbreakingintosocietynow,willyou?"headmonishedsharplyandsarcastically,hiseyesradiatingthehardandcontemptuousoppositionhefelt."We’llbehavinghimupherenext!"

           "Who?"inquiredMrs.Griffiths,asshetookthepaperandexaminedtheitemcalmlyandjudicially,yetnotwithoutalittleofoutwardlysuppressedsurprisewhenshesawthename.ForalthoughthefactofClyde’shavingbeenpickedupbySondrainhercarsometimebeforeandlaterbeeninvitedtodinnerattheTrumbulls’,hadbeenconveyedtothefamilysometimebefore,stillasocietynoticeinTheStarwasdifferent.

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