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70. ELLIE The poor little scarf-pin I gave him before I left Venice. He sent it back almost at once, with the oddest note-just: "I haven’t earned it, really." I couldn’t think why he didn’t care for the pin. But, now I suppose it was because you and he had quarreled; though really, even so, I can’t see why he should bear me a grudge. Susy’s quick blood surged up. Nick had sent back the pin-the fatal pin! And she, Susy, had kept the bracelet-locked it up out of sight, shrunk away from the little packet whenever her hand touched it in packing or unpacking-but never thought of returning it, no, not once! SUSY It was not because we’ve quarreled; we haven’t quarreled. She said slowly, moved by the sudden desire to defend her privacy and Nick’s, to screen from every eye their last bitter hour together. SUSY (cont’d) We’ve simply decided that our experiment was impossible-for two paupers. ELLIE Ah, well-of course we all felt that at the time. And now somebody else wants to marry you! And it’s your trousseau you were choosing that cloak for? Ellie cried in incredulous rapture; then she flung her arms about Susy’s shrinking shoulders. ELLIE (cont’d) You lucky lucky girl! You clever clever darling! But who on earth can he be? SUSY Lord Altringham. ELLIE Streff-Streff? Our dear old Streff, You mean to say he wants to marry you?
71. As the news took possession of her mind, Ellie became dithyrambic. ELLIE (cont’d) But, my dearest, what a miracle of luck! Of course I always knew he was awfully gone on you: Fred Davenant used to say so, I remember, and even Nelson, who’s so stupid about such things, noticed it in Venice. But then it was so different. No one could possibly have thought of marrying him then; whereas now of course every woman is trying for him. Oh, Susy, whatever you do, don’t miss your chance! You can’t conceive of the wicked plotting and intriguing there will be to get him-on all sides, and even where one least suspects it. You don’t know what horrors women will do-and even girls! A shudder ran through her at the thought, and she caught Susy’s wrists in vehement fingers. ELLIE (cont’d) But I can’t think, my dear, why you don’t announce your engagement at once. People are beginning to do it, I assure you-it’s so much safer! Susy looked at her, wondering. Not a word of sympathy for the ruin of her brief bliss, not even a gleam of curiosity as to its cause! No doubt Ellie Vanderlyn, like all Susy’s other friends, had long since "discounted" the brevity of her dream, and perhaps planned a sequel to it before she herself had seen the glory fading. She did not immediately answer Mrs. Vanderlyn’s question. ELLIE (cont’d) Why you don’t announce your engagement at once? (impatiently) I don’t understand you; if Nick agrees- SUSY Oh, he agrees.
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