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46 quite unexpectedly we all went in that evening to dance at Mrs Fred Vanderbilt's. I had not been there very long before Mr Cottenet came up & asked me to dance. After we had danced round we stood by the door of the piazza and he said "Do you know I have something to tell you" He looked very much interested "What", I asked "You know what we were talking about tonight at dinner? The tall girl, well, I knew she is engaged." [[end page]] [[start page]] 47 "How do you know?", I asked excitedly "I know she is engaged to the man whom we spoke of" Of course I was so surprised, for a little while I could only exclaim, but I supposed he had known it some time and made a remark about his acting so innocently at dinner Then he said: "I am going to tell you everything now if you promise not to tell even after it comes out." He was very much in