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and thought it was all because he was so attractive that I was nice. But he kept off personals so matters were not as bad as they might have been. When the clock struck half past six he got up. I had expected he would make a little speech before leaving and wondered vaguely if he were going to make it standing up. Suddenly he finished rather abruptly what he was saying and remarked: "I am not going till one to-morrow."
Oh my that was too much!

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"Could not we have one more walk together?" I tried to refuse and then suddenly realized that it would be simpler to let him come, and not to be there. So this is what came about. At eleven the next morning he turned up--but no Miss V., so there were no farewells and only a letter which came from Boston Monday morning and which you will found in my tin box.