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He squared his shoulders, saluted and held the book out towards the woman, although
even while he spoke he felt the bitterness of his disappointment.
“I’m Lt. Blanford and you… Miss Maynell. I’m so glad you could meet me. May…may
I take you to dinner?”
The woman’s face broadened in a tolerant smile. “I don’t know what this is all about,
son,” she answered. That young woman in the green suit who just passed gave me a rose to wear
and said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you she is waiting in the restaurant
across the street. She said it was some kind of a test.”