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“Nancy,” Robert said, smiling, “leave the poor girl alone. Why would Polly want to spend the evening with a man she doesn’t even like?”
“Well, in all fairness,” Polly said, “that’s a rather harsh statement, I guess. I certainly didn’t like his attitude about...certain things, and he was very grumpy and borderline rude, but I did create a disaster at the assembly, and I suppose that would get on anyone’s nerves, because you would not believe how noisy and wild those students got in a blink of an eye. Of course, it wasn’t my fault, because no one told me what to say, let alone what not to say. Then again—am I babbling?”
Nancy and Robert nodded in unison.
Polly sighed. “I thought I was. Look, I need to mull this over. Joe said on the card that he’d call about the di
The telephone rang. Polly was so startled by the sudden, shrill sound that she nearly dropped the little white envelope. Robert answered the summons.
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