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215 "Gertrude I am going to sail to-morrow". Of course I was flabergasted Then followed a little scene between him & Mama [[underlined]] Mama [[/underlined]] "Cornelius come & kiss me" as he was leaving the room [[underlined]] C. [[/underlined]] Well, you need'nt be so pleased. I've told Papa. Vanish C.V.jr. Papa put his head in the door the next minute & said to Mama: "Will you come in here a moment I want to speak to you" And I was left [[end page]] [[start page]] 216 with my untouched breakfast. No one had eaten anything that morning. That night when I came in for dinner papa said "Did Nielie tell you anything?" And though he would not say another word when I said "no" I [[underlined]] knew [[/underlined]] now. When I went up to Mama I told her what I was sure of and then it all came out. Yes I was right. [[underlined]] He [[/underlined]] said he was engaged to her. The family of course would not hear